--- rxvt-unicode/src/xpm.C	2007/06/11 17:40:15	1.39
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/xpm.C	2007/06/20 13:46:25	1.40
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
   if (have_pixmap)
     {
       Bool success = False ; 
-      GC gc;
+      GC gc = NULL;
       XGCValues gcvalue;
 #ifdef HAVE_AFTERIMAGE
       {