diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
index 0d6c2e011..c90536ad7 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ ZSTD_decompressSequences_bodySplitLitBuffer( ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
                 BIT_DStream_completed < BIT_DStream_overflow);
 
         /* decompress without overrunning litPtr begins */
-        {   seq_t sequence;
+        {   seq_t sequence = {0,0,0};  /* some static analyzer believe that @sequence is not initialized (it necessarily is, since for(;;) loop as at least one interation) */
             /* Align the decompression loop to 32 + 16 bytes.
                 *
                 * zstd compiled with gcc-9 on an Intel i9-9900k shows 10% decompression