diff --git a/expat/xmlparse/xmlparse.c b/expat/xmlparse/xmlparse.c
index 35ce2fb3..5a2cc5ce 100755
--- a/expat/xmlparse/xmlparse.c
+++ b/expat/xmlparse/xmlparse.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ doContent(XML_Parser parser,
   }
   *eventPP = s;
   for (;;) {
-    const char *next;
+    const char *next = s; /* XmlContentTok doesn't always set the last arg */
     int tok = XmlContentTok(enc, s, end, &next);
     *eventEndPP = next;
     switch (tok) {