diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index fff616cc25..d56797e788 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-06  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
+
+	* proc-api.c (write_with_trace): Initialize local variable to
+	silence compiler warning.
+
 2004-02-06  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
 
 	* tui/tui-source.h: Do not include "defs.h".
diff --git a/gdb/proc-api.c b/gdb/proc-api.c
index 1e4a2dccf1..e6d30ea01f 100644
--- a/gdb/proc-api.c
+++ b/gdb/proc-api.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static off_t lseek_offset;
 int
 write_with_trace (int fd, void *varg, size_t len, char *file, int line)
 {
-  int  i;
+  int i = ARRAY_SIZE (rw_table) - 1;
   int ret;
   procfs_ctl_t *arg = (procfs_ctl_t *) varg;