diff --git a/src/duneinterface/gitter_dune_pll_mgb.cc b/src/duneinterface/gitter_dune_pll_mgb.cc
index 7c5d8386a801c7588d38dd6c03d6e5edae3879df..4ef40ac02b2989118c16f1719455e375ae3a844c 100644
--- a/src/duneinterface/gitter_dune_pll_mgb.cc
+++ b/src/duneinterface/gitter_dune_pll_mgb.cc
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ inline void DuneParallelGridMover :: unpackHbnd4Int (ObjectStream & os)
   
   int vert[8] = { -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 }; 
   int vertface[4] = { -1,-1,-1,-1 }; 
-  int fce; 
+  int fce = -1; 
   if( readPoint == MacroGridMoverIF :: POINTTRANSMITTED ) 
   {
     os.readObject ( fce );