diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-admin-functions.c b/src/ostree/ot-admin-functions.c
index a3f39022..92a181c5 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-admin-functions.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-admin-functions.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ ot_admin_list_deployments (GFile               *sysroot,
   gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *boot_loader_configs = NULL;
   gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *ret_deployments = NULL;
   guint i;
-  int bootversion;
+  int bootversion = -1;
 
   if (!read_current_bootversion (sysroot, &bootversion, cancellable, error))
     goto out;