diff --git a/storage/myisam/mi_check.c b/storage/myisam/mi_check.c
index 5f326d0e45f..ba1f975549a 100644
--- a/storage/myisam/mi_check.c
+++ b/storage/myisam/mi_check.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int chk_del(MI_CHECK *param, register MI_INFO *info, uint test_flag)
 {
   reg2 ha_rows i;
   uint delete_link_length;
-  my_off_t empty,next_link,UNINIT_VAR(old_link);
+  my_off_t empty, next_link, old_link= 0;
   char buff[22],buff2[22];
   DBUG_ENTER("chk_del");