diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
index e86a8c331ee641cfe574a08fe3280213583ca028..2b7127330ae137f087892ecd77b30a6e5f0f1857 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(long, __pgtable_quicklist_size);
 
 static inline long pgtable_quicklist_total_size(void)
 {
-	long ql_size;
+	long ql_size = 0;
 	int cpuid;
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpuid) {