diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8f379b00..6a99e2af8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-25  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* grub-core/kern/mips/arc/init.c (grub_machine_get_bootlocation):
+	Initialise pend to pacify GCC.
+
 2014-08-14  Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
 
 	* util/grub-mkconfig.in: Fix typo (gettext_print instead of
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/mips/arc/init.c b/grub-core/kern/mips/arc/init.c
index b4f50e496..3834a1490 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/mips/arc/init.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/mips/arc/init.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ grub_machine_get_bootlocation (char **device, char **path)
   char *loaddev = boot_location;
   char *pptr, *partptr;
   char *dname;
-  grub_disk_addr_t poff = -1, pend;
+  grub_disk_addr_t poff = -1, pend = -1;
   struct get_device_name_ctx ctx;
   grub_disk_t parent = 0;
   unsigned i;