static int
read_number_entries (uint64_t *nump, Elf *elf, size_t *offp, bool index64_p)
-@@ -166,7 +284,7 @@
-
- /* We have an archive. The first word in there is the number of
- entries in the table. */
-- uint64_t n;
-+ uint64_t n = 0;
- size_t off = elf->start_offset + SARMAG + sizeof (struct ar_hdr);
- if (read_number_entries (&n, elf, &off, index64_p) < 0)
- {