1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init/mesg.c b/init/mesg.c
index 7b8acf657..7fd9d24ae 100644
--- a/init/mesg.c
+++ b/init/mesg.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern int mesg_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
         struct stat sb;
         char *tty;
-        char c;
+        char c = 0;
 
         if ((--argc == 0)
                 || ((argc == 1) && (((c = **++argv) == 'y') || (c == 'n')))) {