diff -Naur a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
--- old/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c	2004-01-27 14:28:03.000000000 +0100
+++ new/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c	2004-01-27 14:02:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@
 	xlog_recover_item_t	*first_item, *itemq, *itemq_next;
 	xfs_buf_log_format_t	*buf_f;
 	xfs_buf_log_format_v1_t	*obuf_f;
-	ushort			flags;
+	ushort			flags = 0;
 
 	first_item = itemq = trans->r_itemq;
 	trans->r_itemq = NULL;