2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index c98b8546788..ab87645b48b 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-04-30  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * term.c (tty_menu_activate): Don't assume row and col are initialized.
+        GCC 4.9.0 warned about this, and I couldn't easily prove to my own
+        satisfaction that they would always be initialized.
+
 2014-04-29  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * term.c (tty_menu_display): Move the cursor to the active menu
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index 354354fa745..3bbb21f1589 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -3378,6 +3378,8 @@ tty_menu_activate (tty_menu *menu, int *pane, int *selidx,
           col = cursorX (tty);
           row = cursorY (tty);
         }
+      else
+        row = -1;
 
       /* Display the help-echo message for the currently-selected menu
          item.  */
@@ -3389,7 +3391,8 @@ tty_menu_activate (tty_menu *menu, int *pane, int *selidx,
           /* Move the cursor to the beginning of the current menu
              item, so that screen readers and other accessibility aids
              know where the active region is.  */
-          cursor_to (sf, row, col);
+          if (0 <= row)
+            cursor_to (sf, row, col);
           tty_hide_cursor (tty);
           fflush (tty->output);
           prev_menu_help_message = menu_help_message;