diff --git a/nodes_sampler.py b/nodes_sampler.py
index a7956341..3d206201 100644
--- a/nodes_sampler.py
+++ b/nodes_sampler.py
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ def process(self, model, image_embeds, shift, steps, cfg, seed, scheduler, rifle
 
         # MultiTalk
         multitalk_audio_embeds = audio_emb_slice = audio_features_in = None
+        multitalk_audio_stride = None
         multitalk_embeds = image_embeds.get("multitalk_embeds", multitalk_embeds)
 
         if multitalk_embeds is not None: