#17898: reset k and v so that the loop doesn't use an old value

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/gettext.py b/Lib/gettext.py
index d38fda2ef0..8caf1d1227 100644
--- a/Lib/gettext.py
+++ b/Lib/gettext.py
@@ -262,11 +262,12 @@ class GNUTranslations(NullTranslations):
             # See if we're looking at GNU .mo conventions for metadata
             if mlen == 0:
                 # Catalog description
-                lastk = k = None
+                lastk = None
                 for b_item in tmsg.split('\n'.encode("ascii")):
                     item = b_item.decode().strip()
                     if not item:
                         continue
+                    k = v = None
                     if ':' in item:
                         k, v = item.split(':', 1)
                         k = k.strip().lower()