diff --git a/lib/importproject.cpp b/lib/importproject.cpp
index 6e8d8f3cc70a..d7bd8291f146 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.cpp
+++ b/lib/importproject.cpp
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ ImportProject::SharedItemsProject ImportProject::importVcxitems(const std::strin
         return *iterator;
     }
 
-    SharedItemsProject result;
+    SharedItemsProject result{};
     result.pathToProjectFile = filename;
 
     tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;