diff --git a/hw/darwin/quartz/quartzKeyboard.c b/hw/darwin/quartz/quartzKeyboard.c
index f9c596370..3ecee3ac1 100644
--- a/hw/darwin/quartz/quartzKeyboard.c
+++ b/hw/darwin/quartz/quartzKeyboard.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ DarwinModeReadSystemKeymap (darwinKeyboardInfo *info)
     const void *chr_data = NULL;
     int num_keycodes = NUM_KEYCODES;
     UInt32 keyboard_type = 0;
-    int is_uchr, i, j;
+    int is_uchr = 0, i, j;
     OSStatus err;
     KeySym *k;