2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c8683784..6105f4855 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* Version 5.3.1-cvs.
 
+	* src/expr.c (docolon): Add IF_LINT check to avoid GCC warning.
+
 	* configure.ac: Don't invoke AC_CONFIGURE_HOST directly; AB_INIT
 	does it for us, and our invocation evokes a diagnostic from
 	Autoconf 2.59.
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index 3191f6e93..83a85c4e9 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ trace (fxn)
 static VALUE *
 docolon (VALUE *sv, VALUE *pv)
 {
-  VALUE *v;
+  VALUE *v IF_LINT (= NULL);
   const char *errmsg;
   struct re_pattern_buffer re_buffer;
   struct re_registers re_regs;