diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/outdev3.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/outdev3.cxx
index 8338d9f8181b..be980cb73984 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/outdev3.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/outdev3.cxx
@@ -7172,6 +7172,7 @@ SystemTextLayoutData OutputDevice::GetSysTextLayoutData(const Point& rStartPt, c
     SystemTextLayoutData aSysLayoutData;
     aSysLayoutData.nSize = sizeof(aSysLayoutData);
     aSysLayoutData.rGlyphData.reserve( 256 );
+    aSysLayoutData.orientation = 0;
 
     if ( mpMetaFile )
     {