diff --git a/src/turbomind/models/llama/SequenceManager.cc b/src/turbomind/models/llama/SequenceManager.cc
index 82ff1175d9..9765b6e02e 100644
--- a/src/turbomind/models/llama/SequenceManager.cc
+++ b/src/turbomind/models/llama/SequenceManager.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ SequenceManager::SequenceManager(size_t      layer_num,
                                  size_t      elem_bits,
                                  int         rank,
                                  IAllocator* allocator):
-    block_seq_len_(block_seq_len)
+    block_seq_len_(block_seq_len),
+    rank_(rank)
 {
     constexpr int kBitsPerByte = 8;