diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 8ef34ef390..d2c5201970 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-05-16  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
+
+	* elf32-nds32.c (nds32_convert_32_to_16): Preset `insn_type'.
+
 2018-05-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 22458
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-nds32.c b/bfd/elf32-nds32.c
index 61f48004b4..1b30d127a5 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-nds32.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-nds32.c
@@ -6808,7 +6808,7 @@ nds32_convert_32_to_16 (bfd *abfd, uint32_t insn, uint16_t *pinsn16,
 {
   int op6;
   uint16_t insn16 = 0;
-  int insn_type;
+  int insn_type = 0;
   unsigned long mach = bfd_get_mach (abfd);
 
   /* Decode 32-bit instruction.  */