diff --git a/src/Add-ons/AddonVersion.cxx b/src/Add-ons/AddonVersion.cxx
index 26c93f7f0..8a27f1d45 100644
--- a/src/Add-ons/AddonVersion.cxx
+++ b/src/Add-ons/AddonVersion.cxx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ AddonVersionSuffix::suffixStringToTuple(const std::string& suffix)
     const string preReleaseNum_s = results.str(2);
     const string devNum_s = results.str(3);
 
-    AddonVersionSuffixPrereleaseType preReleaseType;
+    AddonVersionSuffixPrereleaseType preReleaseType = AddonVersionSuffixPrereleaseType::none;
     int preReleaseNum = 0;
     int devNum = 0;