1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 8fb0a1ec897..d8fc173e7d8 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ echo_prompt (str)
     {
       if (multibyte_p)
         {
-          unsigned char *p = XSTRING (str)->data, *lastp;
+          unsigned char *p = XSTRING (str)->data, *lastp = p;
           unsigned char *pend = p + ECHOBUFSIZE - 4;
 
           while (p < pend)