1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/odb.c b/src/odb.c
index 0d3d809f7..c027c12c3 100644
--- a/src/odb.c
+++ b/src/odb.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int git_odb__hashfd(git_oid *out, git_file fd, size_t size, git_otype type)
 	int hdr_len;
 	char hdr[64], buffer[2048];
 	git_hash_ctx *ctx;
-	ssize_t read_len;
+	ssize_t read_len = -1;
 
 	hdr_len = format_object_header(hdr, sizeof(hdr), size, type);