diff --git a/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c b/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
index 871dbeea7b1..4571da56862 100644
--- a/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
+++ b/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static void php_pcre_match(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int global)
 	subpat_names = (char **)safe_emalloc(num_subpats, sizeof(char *), 0);
 	memset(subpat_names, 0, sizeof(char *) * num_subpats);
 	{
-		int name_cnt, name_size, ni = 0;
+		int name_cnt = 0, name_size, ni = 0;
 		char *name_table;
 		unsigned short name_idx;