--- src/libical/sspm.c
+++ src/libical/sspm.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@
 			     char *src,
 			     size_t *size)
 {
-    int cc;
+    int cc = 0;
     char buf[4] = {0,0,0,0};  
     int p = 0;
     int valid_data = 0;