diff --git a/src/unity.c b/src/unity.c
index 103bde2..4bad2c2 100644
--- a/src/unity.c
+++ b/src/unity.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void UnityPrintFloat(const UNITY_DOUBLE input_number)
         int exponent = 0;
         int decimals, digits;
         UNITY_INT32 n;
-        char buf[16];
+        char buf[16] = {0};
 
         /* scale up or down by powers of 10 */
         while (number < 100000.0f / 1e6f)  { number *= 1e6f; exponent -= 6; }