diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
index ee12bd4a9d..a4bd1eda98 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
@@ -2118,7 +2118,8 @@ gst_multi_queue_loop (GstPad * pad)
   guint32 newid;
   GstFlowReturn result;
   GstClockTimeDiff next_time;
-  gboolean is_buffer, is_query;
+  gboolean is_buffer;
+  gboolean is_query = FALSE;
   gboolean do_update_buffering = FALSE;
   gboolean dropping = FALSE;
   GstPad *srcpad = NULL;