diff --git a/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.cc b/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.cc
index 23ab0d909d924..2ac7459194582 100644
--- a/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.cc
+++ b/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace {
 }  // namespace
 
 TkPixelMeasurementDet::TkPixelMeasurementDet(const GeomDet* gdet, PxMeasurementConditionSet& conditions)
-    : MeasurementDet(gdet), theDetConditions(&conditions) {
+    : MeasurementDet(gdet), index_(0), theDetConditions(&conditions) {
   if (dynamic_cast<const PixelGeomDetUnit*>(gdet) == nullptr) {
     throw MeasurementDetException("TkPixelMeasurementDet constructed with a GeomDet which is not a PixelGeomDetUnit");
   }
diff --git a/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.h b/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.h
index ee58eb267b9c2..cce67de4efcd5 100644
--- a/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.h
+++ b/RecoTracker/MeasurementDet/plugins/TkPixelMeasurementDet.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class dso_hidden TkPixelMeasurementDet final : public MeasurementDet {
   void setIndex(int i) { index_ = i; }
 
 private:
-  unsigned int id_;
   std::vector<LocalPoint> badRocPositions_;
 
   int index_;