diff --git a/storage/innobase/btr/btr0btr.c b/storage/innobase/btr/btr0btr.c
index e9100bb872c..3d8fadeaf92 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/btr/btr0btr.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/btr/btr0btr.c
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ btr_compress(
 	ulint*		offsets;
 	ulint		data_size;
 	ulint		n_recs;
-	ulint		nth_rec;
+	ulint		nth_rec = 0; /* remove bogus warning */
 	ulint		max_ins_size;
 	ulint		max_ins_size_reorg;