diff --git a/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp b/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp
index 73066e6..afda739 100644
--- a/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp
+++ b/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 }
 
 SoundTriggerHalImpl::SoundTriggerHalImpl(const char *moduleName)
-    : mModuleName(moduleName), mNextModelId(1)
+    : mModuleName(moduleName), mHwDevice(NULL), mNextModelId(1)
 {
 }