1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c
index 92aed2d46a7..33d8d98e70b 100644
--- a/src/xfns.c
+++ b/src/xfns.c
@@ -3072,7 +3072,7 @@ xic_preedit_draw_callback (XIC xic, XPointer client_data,
 {
   struct frame *f = x_xic_to_frame (xic);
   struct x_output *output;
-  ptrdiff_t text_length;
+  ptrdiff_t text_length = 0;
   ptrdiff_t charpos;
   ptrdiff_t original_size;
   char *text;