1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 8beafa08d3..1e79943339 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static char *get_header(const struct commit *commit, const char *key)
 
 static char *replace_encoding_header(char *buf, const char *encoding)
 {
-	struct strbuf tmp;
+	struct strbuf tmp = STRBUF_INIT;
 	size_t start, len;
 	char *cp = buf;
 
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ static char *replace_encoding_header(char *buf, const char *encoding)
 		return buf; /* should not happen but be defensive */
 	len = cp + 1 - (buf + start);
 
-	strbuf_init(&tmp, 0);
 	strbuf_attach(&tmp, buf, strlen(buf), strlen(buf) + 1);
 	if (is_encoding_utf8(encoding)) {
 		/* we have re-coded to UTF-8; drop the header */