diff --git a/src/ByteStream.cpp b/src/ByteStream.cpp
index 491c52bea1a29914c770dd7a0b5ab2f30c0b517a..c5c18390d5dd40c142e515aaeda85c8413695eb7 100644
--- a/src/ByteStream.cpp
+++ b/src/ByteStream.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ byte PacketLib::ByteStream::getByte( dword byteNumber)
 long PacketLib::ByteStream::getValue(dword start, word dim)
 {
     DEMORET0;
-    byte b1, b2;
+    byte b1, b2 = 0;
 	
 	if(start >= byteInTheStream)
 		throw PacketException("PacketLib::ByteStream::getValue() start greater than the size of the ByteStream", 0);