diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index a5e8906c4d..d63777d4de 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -4603,7 +4603,7 @@ long do_sigreturn(CPUPPCState *env)
 {
     struct target_sigcontext *sc = NULL;
     struct target_mcontext *sr = NULL;
-    target_ulong sr_addr, sc_addr;
+    target_ulong sr_addr = 0, sc_addr;
     sigset_t blocked;
     target_sigset_t set;