diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1dc8e52a5..093494ea85 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-07-06  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c (get_proc_path):
+	Initialize result.
+
 	* math/test-fpucw.c: Include <stdio.h> for printf.
 
 2000-07-05  Greg McGary  <greg@mcgary.org>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
index 45b5eafb00..50f7317dae 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ get_proc_path (char *buffer, size_t bufsize)
 {
   struct mntent mount_point;
   struct mntent *entry;
-  char *result;
+  char *result = NULL;
   char *copy_result;
   FILE *fp;