1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index 1b2599712a3..62bb2223d22 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -3011,6 +3011,12 @@ setup_coding_system (coding_system, coding)
         }
       else
         coding->type = coding_type_no_conversion;
+      /* Initialize this member.  Any thing other than
+         CODING_CATEGORY_IDX_UTF_16_BE and
+         CODING_CATEGORY_IDX_UTF_16_LE are ok because they have
+         special treatment in detect_eol.  */
+      coding->category_idx = CODING_CATEGORY_IDX_EMACS_MULE;
+
       return 0;
     }