1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index fbe671fd3..656ecd892 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -6987,6 +6987,7 @@ static BcStatus bc_vm_stdin(void)
         // with a backslash to the parser. The reason for that is because the parser
         // treats a backslash+newline combo as whitespace, per the bc spec. In that
         // case, and for strings and comments, the parser will expect more stuff.
+        s = BC_STATUS_SUCCESS;
         while (!G.eof && (s = bc_read_line(&buf, ">>> ")) == BC_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 
                 char *string = buf.v;