diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d65e97e09..52f59019b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-01-08  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/loader/i386/bsdXX.c (grub_netbsd_load_elf_meta):
+	Silence spurious warning.
+	Reported and tested by: Alain Greppin.
+
 2011-01-07  Szymon Janc <szymon@janc.net.pl>
 
 	* docs/grub.texi (Support automatic decompression): Update with xz
diff --git a/grub-core/loader/i386/bsdXX.c b/grub-core/loader/i386/bsdXX.c
index 2dd180509..5b9e7689e 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/i386/bsdXX.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/i386/bsdXX.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ SUFFIX (grub_netbsd_load_elf_meta) (struct grub_relocator *relocator,
   grub_err_t err;
   Elf_Ehdr e;
   Elf_Shdr *s, *symsh, *strsh;
-  char *shdr;
+  char *shdr = NULL;
   unsigned symsize, strsize;
   void *sym_chunk;
   grub_uint8_t *curload;