diff --git a/src/plugins/weatherdata/gfs/g2clib/seekgb.c b/src/plugins/weatherdata/gfs/g2clib/seekgb.c
index 67d605c28..e7f5d8c74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/weatherdata/gfs/g2clib/seekgb.c
+++ b/src/plugins/weatherdata/gfs/g2clib/seekgb.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void seekgb(FILE *lugb,g2int iseek,g2int mseek,g2int *lskip,g2int *lgrib)
 //$$$
 {
       g2int k,k4,ipos,nread,lim,start,vers,lengrib;
-      int    end;
+      int    end=0;
       unsigned char *cbuf;
 
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