diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7f7845888..b4a5f14662 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Jan 21 18:03:47 CET 2008  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	Avoid "may be used uninitialized" warning.
+	* tests/xmconfigtest.c (testCompareParseXML): Initialize "old_priv".
+
 Mon Jan 21 11:18:04 EST 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/hash.c: Split the virFree* functions into virUnref*
diff --git a/tests/xmconfigtest.c b/tests/xmconfigtest.c
index d66b66015c..f49ca6c65f 100644
--- a/tests/xmconfigtest.c
+++ b/tests/xmconfigtest.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int testCompareParseXML(const char *xmcfg_rel, const char *xml_rel,
     int ret = -1;
     virConnectPtr conn;
     int wrote = MAX_FILE;
-    void *old_priv;
+    void *old_priv = NULL;
     struct _xenUnifiedPrivate priv;
     char xmcfg[PATH_MAX];
     char xml[PATH_MAX];