diff --git a/src/modules/CC1101/CC1101.cpp b/src/modules/CC1101/CC1101.cpp
index ea3f3977..288be633 100644
--- a/src/modules/CC1101/CC1101.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/CC1101/CC1101.cpp
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ int16_t CC1101::startTransmit(const uint8_t* data, size_t len, uint8_t addr) {
   }
 
   // set GDO0 mapping only if we aren't refilling the FIFO
-  int16_t state
-  if (len <= RADIOLIB_CC1101_FIFO_SIZE) {
+  int16_t state = RADIOLIB_ERR_NONE;
+  if(len <= RADIOLIB_CC1101_FIFO_SIZE) {
     state = SPIsetRegValue(RADIOLIB_CC1101_REG_IOCFG2, RADIOLIB_CC1101_GDOX_SYNC_WORD_SENT_OR_PKT_RECEIVED, 5, 0);
     RADIOLIB_ASSERT(state);
   }