diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_peephole.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_peephole.cpp
index f03c669fdcc..42b2d0cd972 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_peephole.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_peephole.cpp
@@ -3911,6 +3911,7 @@ LocalCSE::visit(BasicBlock *bb)
 class DeadCodeElim : public Pass
 {
 public:
+   DeadCodeElim() : deadCount(0) {}
    bool buryAll(Program *);
 
 private: