diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 19417b28e..fb8aba469 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-17  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_proc.cc (format_proc_partitions): Fix compiler warning.
+
 2011-01-17  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* path.cc (path_conv::check): Don't follow reparse point symlinks if
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc
index 680927750..a6636ae90 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ format_proc_partitions (void *, char *&destbuf)
       PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX *pix = NULL;
       PARTITION_INFORMATION *pi = NULL;
       DWORD bytes_read;
-      DWORD part_cnt;
+      DWORD part_cnt = 0;
       unsigned long long size;
       device dev;