diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4bb9ec1e..c55a2c4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-03-05  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/move.c (do_down) - Initialize the correct variable to zero.
+	Solves jumpy scrolling behaviour reported by Chris Allegretta .
+
 2014-03-04 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* global.c (first_sc_for) - Return raw keystrokes last, so
 	  they will not be displayed if there are F-key or Meta keys
diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index 542c9bb5..c87872ea 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void do_down(
 	)
 {
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-    int amount, enough = 0;
+    int amount = 0, enough;
     filestruct *topline;
 #endif