diff --git a/src/backend/tsearch/wparser_def.c b/src/backend/tsearch/wparser_def.c
index 7b29062a97..deecce81b1 100644
--- a/src/backend/tsearch/wparser_def.c
+++ b/src/backend/tsearch/wparser_def.c
@@ -2194,8 +2194,8 @@ mark_hl_fragments(HeadlineParsedText *prs, TSQuery query, bool highlightall,
 				maxstretch,
 				posmarker;
 
-	int32		startpos = 0,
-				endpos = 0,
+	int32		startpos,
+				endpos,
 				p = 0,
 				q = 0;