Fix for KW issue

CRs-Fixed: 2259913
Change-Id: I1578696312c6739500fd2cbca8cd59e58fec9828
diff --git a/bthost_ipc/bthost_ipc.c b/bthost_ipc/bthost_ipc.c
index 9bd8a2b..e29b2ab 100644
--- a/bthost_ipc/bthost_ipc.c
+++ b/bthost_ipc/bthost_ipc.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@
 
 bool audio_is_scrambling_enabled(void)
 {
-    audio_format_t codec_type;
+    audio_format_t codec_type = AUDIO_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
     int i;
     char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     uint8_t *codec_cfg = NULL;