diff --git a/engines/tsage/globals.cpp b/engines/tsage/globals.cpp
index 9bd7249902f..ece6ae3eda8 100644
--- a/engines/tsage/globals.cpp
+++ b/engines/tsage/globals.cpp
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ void Ringworld2Globals::synchronize(Serializer &s) {
 	s.syncAsSint16LE(_v57C2C);
 	s.syncAsSint16LE(_speechSubtitles);
 
-	byte temp;
+	byte temp = 0;
 	s.syncAsByte(temp);
 	s.syncAsByte(_s1550PlayerArea[R2_QUINN].x);
 	s.syncAsByte(_s1550PlayerArea[R2_SEEKER].x);