diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
index 15940425312ce1d236d7cf9bf94c3c7f6f5e4537..d6a617aa17b2a737fe8a6f8d49d4ae0a1a0c08f3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ Method* InstanceKlass::uncached_lookup_method(Symbol* name, Symbol* signature) c
 // Do NOT return private or static methods
 Method* InstanceKlass::lookup_method_in_ordered_interfaces(Symbol* name,
                                                          Symbol* signature) const {
-  Method* m;
+  Method* m = NULL;
   if (default_methods() != NULL) {
     m = find_method(default_methods(), name, signature);
   }