diff --git a/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp b/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp
index b69b2d912da3da56c31ce2e5ef9f918fa2dc9056..0be76e73f4d27948ebe82552fefd0b9bde9caef0 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ void sbbs_t::batch_upload()
 		if(mv(src, dest, /* copy: */false))
 			continue;
 
-		int x,y;
+		int x,y = 0;
 		for(x=0;x<usrlibs;x++) {
 			progress(text[SearchingForDupes], x, usrlibs);
 			for(y=0;y<usrdirs[x];y++)