diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/impl/mpi.c b/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/impl/mpi.c
index 3149fa217b35f3e1f32e1975669af6e8661e7ea4..496916afdc3fabc58cf31cb80e9add08706ffca4 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/impl/mpi.c
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/impl/mpi.c
@@ -3376,7 +3376,7 @@ mp_err   s_mp_div_d(mp_int *mp, mp_digit d, mp_digit *r)
 #if !defined(MP_NO_MP_WORD) && !defined(MP_NO_DIV_WORD)
   mp_word   w = 0, q;
 #else
-  mp_digit  w, q;
+  mp_digit  w = 0, q;
 #endif
   int       ix;
   mp_err    res;