1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/regexec.c b/regexec.c
index 0b65d110f2..5990ea3ca4 100644
--- a/regexec.c
+++ b/regexec.c
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
 #endif
 
   restart:
+    other_last = Nullch;
+
     /* Find a possible match in the region s..strend by looking for
        the "check" substring in the region corrected by start/end_shift. */
     if (flags & REXEC_SCREAM) {