2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 70b0856e..a785ed5c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-04-12         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* gawkapi.c (awk_value_to_node): Initialize ext_ret_val to NULL
+	to avoid compiler warnings.
+
 2017-04-10         Andrew J. Schorr     <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com>
 
 	* field.c (set_FIELDWIDTHS): Set use_chars to awk_true, since its
diff --git a/gawkapi.c b/gawkapi.c
index 914d4fe7..6928c1ce 100644
--- a/gawkapi.c
+++ b/gawkapi.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ api_set_argument(awk_ext_id_t id,
 NODE *
 awk_value_to_node(const awk_value_t *retval)
 {
-	NODE *ext_ret_val;
+	NODE *ext_ret_val = NULL;
 	NODE *v;
 
 	if (retval == NULL)