diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
index c21c520ada..d596db4dab 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ function wp_read_image_metadata( $file ) {
 		'keywords' => array(),
 	);
 
+	$iptc = array();
 	/*
 	 * Read IPTC first, since it might contain data not available in exif such
 	 * as caption, description etc.