diff --git a/compat/inet_ntop.c b/compat/inet_ntop.c
index 92e07c77a..bd418ae7d 100644
--- a/compat/inet_ntop.c
+++ b/compat/inet_ntop.c
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ inet_ntop6(const u_char *src, char *dst, size_t size)
 	for (i = 0; i < IN6ADDRSZ; i++)
 		words[i / 2] |= (src[i] << ((1 - (i % 2)) << 3));
 	best.base = -1;
+	best.len = 0;
 	cur.base = -1;
+	cur.len = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < (IN6ADDRSZ / INT16SZ); i++) {
 		if (words[i] == 0) {
 			if (cur.base == -1)
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 186ce3326..695e4f2d7 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 5 December 2011: Wouter
 	- Fix getaddrinfowithincludes on windows with fedora16 mingw32-gcc.
+	- Fix warnings with gcc 4.6 in compat/inet_ntop.c.
 
 2 December 2011: Wouter
 	- configure generated with autoconf 2.68.