diff --git a/test/x509_check_cert_pkey_test.c b/test/x509_check_cert_pkey_test.c
index 7151c172b8af9f9aece3ac6db0341312fd6c1069..e94b18b0b4ff3fe7f0986daeb2c45890cf5a3bb4 100644
--- a/test/x509_check_cert_pkey_test.c
+++ b/test/x509_check_cert_pkey_test.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int test_x509_check_cert_pkey(const char *c, const char *k,
     X509 *x509 = NULL;
     X509_REQ *x509_req = NULL;
     EVP_PKEY *pkey = NULL;
-    int ret = 0, type = 0, expected = 0, result;
+    int ret = 0, type = 0, expected = 0, result = 0;
 
     /*
      * we check them first thus if fails we don't need to do