diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1bd309f3e2..c0d4a3f2b7 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-06-14  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
+
+	* rs6000-tdep.c (ppc_process_record_op31): Initialize ra.
+
 2016-06-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdbtypes.c (replace_type): Fix assertion.
diff --git a/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c b/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c
index 645fe9245c..1ed1354f2d 100644
--- a/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c
@@ -4631,6 +4631,7 @@ ppc_process_record_op31 (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
 	  || at_dcsz == 0)
 	at_dcsz = 128; /* Assume 128-byte cache line size (POWER8)  */
 
+      ra = 0;
       if (PPC_RA (insn) != 0)
 	regcache_raw_read_unsigned (regcache,
 				    tdep->ppc_gp0_regnum + PPC_RA (insn), &ra);