diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index 04bce76..b785b9e 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
 	/* Look for a '-' which indicates to ignore the ramdisk argument */
 	if (argc >= 3 && strcmp(argv[2], "-") ==  0) {
 			debug ("Skipping initrd\n");
-			data = 0;
+			len = data = 0;
 		}
 	else
 #endif