diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc b/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
index e0793ba..8d21026 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 TEST(GetThreadCountTest, ReturnsCorrectValue) {
   size_t starting_count;
   size_t thread_count_after_create;
-  size_t thread_count_after_join;
+  size_t thread_count_after_join = 0;
 
   // We can't guarantee that no other thread was created or destroyed between
   // any two calls to GetThreadCount(). We make multiple attempts, hoping that
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@
       const int status = pthread_create(&thread_id, &attr, &ThreadFunc, &mutex);
       ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_attr_destroy(&attr));
       ASSERT_EQ(0, status);
-    }
 
-    thread_count_after_create = GetThreadCount();
+      thread_count_after_create = GetThreadCount();
+    }
 
     void* dummy;
     ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(thread_id, &dummy));