2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index 74e7470069..28795110b8 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -4088,7 +4088,7 @@ S_init_predump_symbols(pTHX)
     GvMULTI_on(tmpgv);
     GvIOp(tmpgv) = MUTABLE_IO(SvREFCNT_inc_simple(io));
 
-    PL_statname = newSV(0);		/* last filename we did stat on */
+    PL_statname = newSVpvs("");		/* last filename we did stat on */
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/t/op/filetest.t b/t/op/filetest.t
index 5cc83d7107..647bd9d9a6 100644
--- a/t/op/filetest.t
+++ b/t/op/filetest.t
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 use Config;
-plan(tests => 35 + 27*14);
+plan(tests => 36 + 27*14);
 
 ok( -d 'op' );
 ok( -f 'TEST' );
@@ -257,3 +257,6 @@ SKIP: {
     like $@, qr/^The stat preceding -l _ wasn't an lstat at /,
 	'-T HANDLE sets the stat type';
 }
+
+is runperl(prog => '-T _', switches => ['-w'], stderr => 1), "",
+  'no uninit warnings from -T with no preceding stat';