diff --git a/src/compile.cpp b/src/compile.cpp
index 92b994ea37..7a968e176b 100644
--- a/src/compile.cpp
+++ b/src/compile.cpp
@@ -4008,7 +4008,7 @@ compile(MyThread* t, Frame* initialFrame, unsigned initialIp,
   unsigned stackSize = codeMaxStack(t, methodCode(t, context->method));
   Stack stack(t);
   unsigned ip = initialIp;
-  unsigned newIp = -1;
+  unsigned newIp;
   stack.pushValue(Return);
 
  start: