diff --git a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
index 95512dd64d9..facd218a9f1 100644
--- a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
+++ b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ static void php_odbc_fetch_hash(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int result_type)
 	SQLUSMALLINT RowStatus[1];
 	SQLLEN rownum;
 	zval *pv_res, *tmp;
-	long pv_row - 1;
+	long pv_row = 1;
 
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "r|l", &pv_res, &pv_row) == FAILURE) {
 		return;