diff --git a/orte/mca/ras/slurm/ras_slurm_module.c b/orte/mca/ras/slurm/ras_slurm_module.c
index 7259c73d28..568a62b0d5 100644
--- a/orte/mca/ras/slurm/ras_slurm_module.c
+++ b/orte/mca/ras/slurm/ras_slurm_module.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int orte_ras_slurm_discover(char *regexp, char *tasks_per_node,
     char *begptr, *endptr, *orig;
     int *slots;
     bool found_range = false;
-    bool more_to_come;
+    bool more_to_come = false;
     
     orig = base = strdup(regexp);
     if (NULL == base) {