diff --git a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/dot11s-mac-header.cc b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/dot11s-mac-header.cc
index 000222c10..482dd95e1 100644
--- a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/dot11s-mac-header.cc
+++ b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/dot11s-mac-header.cc
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ WifiMeshActionHeader::ActionValue
 WifiMeshActionHeader::GetAction ()
 {
   ActionValue retval;
+  retval.peerLink = PEER_LINK_OPEN; // Needs to be initialized to something to quiet valgrind in default cases
   switch (m_category)
     {
   case MESH_PEERING_MGT: