diff --git a/LINPACK/src/host/linpack_benchmark.cpp b/LINPACK/src/host/linpack_benchmark.cpp
index 8d5aaad2..3409e35f 100644
--- a/LINPACK/src/host/linpack_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/LINPACK/src/host/linpack_benchmark.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ linpack::LinpackBenchmark::generateInputData() {
     std::mt19937 gen(this->mpi_comm_rank);
     std::uniform_real_distribution<> dis(0.0, 1.0);
     d->norma = 0.0;
+    d->normb = 0.0;
     /*
     Generate a matrix by using pseudo random number in the range (0,1)
     */