diff --git a/content.c b/content.c
index aecfe0f76c..763b6c415b 100644
--- a/content.c
+++ b/content.c
@@ -1294,9 +1294,9 @@ static bool load_content_from_compressed_archive(
       bool need_fullpath, const char *path)
 {
    union string_list_elem_attr attributes;
-   ssize_t new_path_len;
    char new_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    char new_basedir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   ssize_t new_path_len              = 0;
    bool ret                          = false;
    settings_t *settings              = config_get_ptr();
    rarch_system_info_t      *sys_info= NULL;