diff --git a/sys/arch/hpcmips/vr/bcu_vrip.c b/sys/arch/hpcmips/vr/bcu_vrip.c
index 9aa43c3eba36..0ef95363cbf5 100644
--- a/sys/arch/hpcmips/vr/bcu_vrip.c
+++ b/sys/arch/hpcmips/vr/bcu_vrip.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: bcu_vrip.c,v 1.21 2003/10/23 19:55:14 he Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: bcu_vrip.c,v 1.22 2003/11/07 18:56:39 dsl Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999-2001 SATO Kazumi. All rights reserved.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: bcu_vrip.c,v 1.21 2003/10/23 19:55:14 he Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: bcu_vrip.c,v 1.22 2003/11/07 18:56:39 dsl Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ vrbcu_dump_regs()
 	struct vrbcu_softc *sc = the_bcu_sc;
 	int cpuclock = 0, tclock = 0, vtclock = 0, cpuid;
 #if !defined(ONLY_VR4102)
-	int spdreg;
+	int spdreg = 0;	/* gcc doesn't stand a chance of tracking this! */
 #endif
 #ifdef VRBCUDEBUG
 	int reg;