--- trunk/grubby/grubby.c	2017/06/27 14:42:27	3025
+++ trunk/grubby/grubby.c	2017/06/27 14:43:04	3026
@@ -2569,6 +2569,8 @@
 	/* check validity of existing default or first-entry-found
 	   selection */
 	if (defaultKernelPath) {
+                /* we must initialize this */
+                firstKernelEntryIndex = 0;
 		/* user requested first-entry-found */
 		if (!findEntryByPath(config, defaultKernelPath,
 				     prefix, &firstKernelEntryIndex)) {