diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/build.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/build.c
index 3a2c7f225..8f9f99ce4 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/build.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/build.c
@@ -10173,7 +10173,7 @@ enum {
 
 static int32_t parsenamesfile(scriptfile *script)
 {
-    int32_t syms;
+    int32_t syms = 0;
 
     tokenlist const tokens[] =
     {