1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index 9d593bdc91..576231ff65 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ Perl_swash_fetch(pTHX_ SV *sv, U8 *ptr, bool do_utf8)
     U32 off;
     STRLEN slen;
     STRLEN needents;
-    U8 *tmps;
+    U8 *tmps = NULL;
     U32 bit;
     SV *retval;
     U8 tmputf8[2];