diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 0b9f95bcf29..a86a0717677 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-01-13  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
+
+	* config/tc-nios2.c (output_movia): Preset `code' to 0.
+
 2016-01-13  Yoshinori Sato  <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
 
 	* config/tc-h8300.c (get_operand): Remove spurious condition in
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-nios2.c b/gas/config/tc-nios2.c
index e20cf53cd2f..db31059fefb 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-nios2.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-nios2.c
@@ -3471,7 +3471,7 @@ output_movia (nios2_insn_infoS *insn)
      and puts it in the current frag.  */
   char *f = frag_more (8);
   nios2_insn_relocS *reloc = insn->insn_reloc;
-  unsigned long reg, code;
+  unsigned long reg, code = 0;
   const struct nios2_opcode *op = insn->insn_nios2_opcode;
 
   /* If the reloc is NULL, there was an error assembling the movia.  */