--- libs/Flocale.c
+++ libs/Flocale.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 	int **l_to_v)
 {
 	char *str1, *str2, *str3;
-	int len1 = len, len2;
+	int len1 = len, len2 = 0;
 	int i;
 	Bool do_iconv = True;
 	const char *bidi_charset;