diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 2e8904cad801161c1694ee313d291d8d390fbd31..dcfdf9b406c5cc780c0689f6392c1985301fdf6d 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-08  Larry Jones  <lawrence.jones@siemens.com>
+
+	* myndbm.c (mydbm_load_file): Initialize line_size.
+	(Patch from Carlos Monti <slaytanic@gfxnstuff.com.ar>.)
+
 2009-11-11  Derek R. Price  <derek@ximbiot.com>
 
 	* tag.c (pretag_proc): Use a default string expansion matching 1.11.x.
diff --git a/src/myndbm.c b/src/myndbm.c
index 46b071a52675a7e3fec791dd5828cb33f109d07c..e4d8e1b76211cc070e4cf35c74d01439a0237beb 100644
--- a/src/myndbm.c
+++ b/src/myndbm.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static void
 mydbm_load_file (FILE *fp, List *list, char *filename)
 {
     char *line = NULL;
-    size_t line_size;
+    size_t line_size = 0;
     char *value;
     size_t value_allocated;
     char *cp, *vp;