diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/misc/ldr.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/misc/ldr.c
index 03c3ed1053d..b383f1dd6a1 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/misc/ldr.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/misc/ldr.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ BasepLoadLibraryAsDatafile(PWSTR Path, LPCWSTR Name, HMODULE *hModule)
     HANDLE hMapping;
     NTSTATUS Status;
     PVOID lpBaseAddress = NULL;
-    SIZE_T ViewSize;
+    SIZE_T ViewSize = 0;
     //PUNICODE_STRING OriginalName;
     //UNICODE_STRING dotDLL = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L".DLL");