diff --git a/src/xenia/base/filesystem_posix.cc b/src/xenia/base/filesystem_posix.cc
index caf8219ad..f0ca77bf4 100644
--- a/src/xenia/base/filesystem_posix.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/base/filesystem_posix.cc
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class PosixFileHandle : public FileHandle {
 
 std::unique_ptr<FileHandle> FileHandle::OpenExisting(std::wstring path,
                                                      uint32_t desired_access) {
-  int open_access;
+  int open_access = 0;
   if (desired_access & FileAccess::kGenericRead) {
     open_access |= O_RDONLY;
   }