diff --git a/gdb/linespec.c b/gdb/linespec.c
index e9339c3338c..b8c77541a29 100644
--- a/gdb/linespec.c
+++ b/gdb/linespec.c
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ minsym_found (struct linespec_state *self, struct objfile *objfile,
 	      struct minimal_symbol *msymbol,
 	      std::vector<symtab_and_line> *result)
 {
-  bool want_start_sal;
+  bool want_start_sal = false;
 
   CORE_ADDR func_addr;
   bool is_function = msymbol_is_function (objfile, msymbol, &func_addr);