diff --git a/usr.bin/ktrdump/ktrdump.c b/usr.bin/ktrdump/ktrdump.c
index f18772366e5..c0bb3adf1af 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ktrdump/ktrdump.c
+++ b/usr.bin/ktrdump/ktrdump.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	int parm;
 	int in;
 	int c;
-	int i;
+	int i = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Parse commandline arguments.