diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7bdee5fa79..d4806465fe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-01  Simon Budig  <simon@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/display/gimpdisplayshell-scale.c: initialize variable
+	to avoid stupid compiler warning.
+
 2004-02-01  Dave Neary  <bolsh@gimp.org>
 
 	* libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.c
diff --git a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-scale.c b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-scale.c
index e12e0d3c9f..ff1d6e4f57 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-scale.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-scale.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ gimp_display_shell_scale_zoom_step (GimpZoomType zoom_type,
                                     gdouble      scale)
 {
   gint    i, n_presets;
-  gdouble new_scale;
+  gdouble new_scale = 1.0;
 
   /* This table is constructed to have fractions, that approximate
    * sqrt(2)^k. This gives a smooth feeling regardless of the starting