diff --git a/cppuhelper/source/propertysetmixin.cxx b/cppuhelper/source/propertysetmixin.cxx
index eb8375bc72dc..67b7d0382a1b 100644
--- a/cppuhelper/source/propertysetmixin.cxx
+++ b/cppuhelper/source/propertysetmixin.cxx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  *
  *  $RCSfile: propertysetmixin.cxx,v $
  *
- *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *  $Revision: 1.3 $
  *
- *  last change: $Author: hr $ $Date: 2005-10-27 17:20:01 $
+ *  last change: $Author: ihi $ $Date: 2006-08-29 11:04:08 $
  *
  *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to
  *  the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ css::uno::Any PropertySetMixinImpl::Impl::getProperty(
             css::uno::Reference< css::reflection::XIdlClass > optional(
                 getReflection(value.getValueTypeName()));
             try {
-                bool present;
+                bool present = false;
                 if (!(css::uno::Reference< css::reflection::XIdlField2 >(
                           optional->getField(
                               rtl::OUString(