diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 48e08a1da6..d7b6df84ab 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-10-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* config/tc-m68hc11.c (md_assemble): Quiet warning.
+
 2006-10-19  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
 
 	* config/tc-i386.c (md_parse_option): Use CONST_STRNEQ.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-m68hc11.c b/gas/config/tc-m68hc11.c
index f02d3ab9de..f72982112b 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-m68hc11.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-m68hc11.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* tc-m68hc11.c -- Assembler code for the Motorola 68HC11 & 68HC12.
-   Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
+   Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Stephane Carrez (stcarrez@nerim.fr)
 
@@ -2457,7 +2457,7 @@ md_assemble (char *str)
   char name[20];
   int nlen = 0;
   operand operands[M6811_MAX_OPERANDS];
-  int nb_operands;
+  int nb_operands = 0;
   int branch_optimize = 0;
   int alias_id = -1;