diff --git a/nptl/ChangeLog b/nptl/ChangeLog
index b7c03dc330..85edbbe11d 100644
--- a/nptl/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-15  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* init.c (__pthread_initialize_minimal): Initialize word to appease
+	valgrind.
+
 2007-10-10  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h (__libc_rwlock_init): Inside of
diff --git a/nptl/init.c b/nptl/init.c
index ffb50b4cca..d445de0795 100644
--- a/nptl/init.c
+++ b/nptl/init.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ __pthread_initialize_minimal_internal (void)
   /* Private futexes are always used (at least internally) so that
      doing the test once this early is beneficial.  */
   {
-    int word;
+    int word = 0;
     word = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (futex, err, 3, &word,
 			    FUTEX_WAKE | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG, 1);
     if (!INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (word, err))