diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0843784da..4ee05ecc0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-11-08  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	Fix compiler warning.
+	Reported by Jeremy Manson <jeremy.manson@gmail.com>.
+
+	* src/truetype/ttgload.c (load_truetype_glyph): Initialize `error'.
+
 2009-11-04  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	Remove compiler warning.
diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgload.c b/src/truetype/ttgload.c
index 0b7f2c7e8..aa3f04020 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgload.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgload.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@
                        FT_UInt    recurse_count,
                        FT_Bool    header_only )
   {
-    FT_Error        error;
+    FT_Error        error        = TT_Err_Ok;
     FT_Fixed        x_scale, y_scale;
     FT_ULong        offset;
     TT_Face         face         = (TT_Face)loader->face;