diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d6e8d06be..04ebc64d6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-30  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>
+
+	* iface/dve2/dve2.cc: Kill a spurious warning.
+
 2011-05-30  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>
 
 	* bench/wdba/README: Typos.
diff --git a/iface/dve2/dve2.cc b/iface/dve2/dve2.cc
index bd4c3c5fc..99478959a 100644
--- a/iface/dve2/dve2.cc
+++ b/iface/dve2/dve2.cc
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ namespace spot
 	  while (*s && (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t'))
 	    ++s;
 
-	  int val;
+	  int val = 0; // Initialize to kill a warning from old compilers.
 	  int type_num = ni->second.type;
 	  if (type_num == 0 || (*s >= '0' && *s <= '9') || *s == '-')
 	    {