diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b0c65a225ad..432cc3e1755 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-04-07  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
+
+	* linux-tdep.c (decode_vmflags): Initialize 'saveptr'.
+
 2015-04-07  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdbthread.h (ALL_NON_EXITED_THREADS_SAFE): Rename to ...
diff --git a/gdb/linux-tdep.c b/gdb/linux-tdep.c
index 4af1d019002..0b11e58ca1c 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-tdep.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ read_mapping (const char *line,
 static void
 decode_vmflags (char *p, struct smaps_vmflags *v)
 {
-  char *saveptr;
+  char *saveptr = NULL;
   const char *s;
 
   v->initialized_p = 1;