diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c
index e42b47451a3..e9ab77ca63d 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/tests/metadata.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static void test_metadata_png(void)
     IWICMetadataReader *reader;
     GUID containerformat;
     HRESULT hr;
-    UINT count;
+    UINT count=0xdeadbeef;
 
     hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_WICPngDecoder, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
         &IID_IWICBitmapDecoder, (void**)&decoder);