diff --git a/svtools/source/svrtf/svparser.cxx b/svtools/source/svrtf/svparser.cxx
index 890060df069e..6000dde1a79d 100644
--- a/svtools/source/svrtf/svparser.cxx
+++ b/svtools/source/svrtf/svparser.cxx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ SvParser::SvParser( SvStream& rIn, sal_uInt8 nStackSize )
     , eState( SVPAR_NOTSTARTED )
     , eSrcEnc( RTL_TEXTENCODING_DONTKNOW )
     , nNextChPos(0)
+    , nNextCh(0)
     , bDownloadingFile(false)
     , bUCS2BSrcEnc(false)
     , bSwitchToUCS2(false)