diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b526ce59..14e71db90 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-01-02  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>
+
+	From Jeremy Katz:
+	* stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c (ext2fs_dir): Initialize STR_CHK to shut
+	up GCC.
+	* stage2/fsys_minix.c (minix_dir): Likewise.
+
 2002-12-21  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>
 
 	* stage2/asm.S (gateA20): First, try a BIOS call (INT 15H,
diff --git a/stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c b/stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c
index 78f5b746b..1f272591d 100644
--- a/stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c
+++ b/stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ ext2fs_dir (char *dirname)
   int group_desc;		/* fs pointer to that group */
   int desc;			/* index within that group */
   int ino_blk;			/* fs pointer of the inode's information */
-  int str_chk;			/* used to hold the results of a string compare */
+  int str_chk = 0;		/* used to hold the results of a string compare */
   struct ext2_group_desc *gdp;
   struct ext2_inode *raw_inode;	/* inode info corresponding to current_ino */
 
diff --git a/stage2/fsys_minix.c b/stage2/fsys_minix.c
index 591f25367..5c76796a2 100644
--- a/stage2/fsys_minix.c
+++ b/stage2/fsys_minix.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
- *  Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *  Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ minix_dir (char *dirname)
   int updir_ino = current_ino;	     /* the parent of the current directory */
   int ino_blk;			     /* fs pointer of the inode's info */
 
-  int str_chk;			     /* used ot hold the results of a string
+  int str_chk = 0;		     /* used ot hold the results of a string
 				        compare */
 
   struct minix_inode * raw_inode;    /* inode info for current_ino */