diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 7a24e8ffec..cbda6e408b 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -3788,7 +3788,7 @@ static int context_verity_sig(Context *context) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *text = NULL;
                 Partition *hp;
                 uint8_t fp[X509_FINGERPRINT_SIZE];
-                size_t sigsz, padsz;
+                size_t sigsz = 0, padsz; /* avoid false maybe-uninitialized warning */
 
                 if (p->dropped)
                         continue;