diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 4d524d7f5a..78b5579cd8 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-06-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* target-reloc.h (issue_discarded_error): Initialise the
+	key_symndx variable.
+
 2020-06-23  Roland McGrath  <mcgrathr@google.com>
 
 	PR 22843
diff --git a/gold/target-reloc.h b/gold/target-reloc.h
index 2b205a1a74..e9e3e5b002 100644
--- a/gold/target-reloc.h
+++ b/gold/target-reloc.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ issue_discarded_error(
 							     &is_ordinary);
   if (orig_shndx != elfcpp::SHN_UNDEF)
     {
-      unsigned int key_symndx;
+      unsigned int key_symndx = 0;
       Relobj* kept_obj = object->find_kept_section_object(orig_shndx,
 							  &key_symndx);
       if (key_symndx != 0)