diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 12d843583f1..dbebfa8dd2a 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-07-29  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	* decl.c (finish_enum): Initialize underlying_type.
+
 2003-07-29  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/9447
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 637ad1f36d5..3ed6744a9e0 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -13043,7 +13043,7 @@ finish_enum (tree enumtype)
   int highprec; 
   int precision;
   integer_type_kind itk;
-  tree underlying_type;
+  tree underlying_type = NULL_TREE;
 
   /* We built up the VALUES in reverse order.  */
   TYPE_VALUES (enumtype) = nreverse (TYPE_VALUES (enumtype));