1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/regress/netcat.c b/regress/netcat.c
index f8fc7eefc..6be6e054f 100644
--- a/regress/netcat.c
+++ b/regress/netcat.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ socks_connect(const char *host, const char *port,
     int socksv, const char *proxyuser)
 {
         int proxyfd, r, authretry = 0;
-        size_t hlen, wlen;
+        size_t hlen, wlen = 0;
         unsigned char buf[1024];
         size_t cnt;
         struct sockaddr_storage addr;