@@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ _PySys_InitCore(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *sysdict)
 static int
 sys_add_xoption(PyObject *opts, const wchar_t *s)
 {
-    PyObject *name, *value;
+    PyObject *name, *value = NULL;
 
     const wchar_t *name_end = wcschr(s, L'=');
     if (!name_end) {
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@@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ _PySys_InitCore(PyThreadState tstate, PyObject sysdict)
3020	3020	static int
3021	3021	sys_add_xoption(PyObject opts, const wchar_t s)
3022	3022	{
3023		- PyObject name, value;
	3023	+ PyObject name, value = NULL;
3024	3024
3025	3025	const wchar_t *name_end = wcschr(s, L'=');
3026	3026	if (!name_end) {