diff --git a/src/st/st-box-layout.c b/src/st/st-box-layout.c
index efac52248..b6901e4d6 100644
--- a/src/st/st-box-layout.c
+++ b/src/st/st-box-layout.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ compute_shrinks (StBoxLayout *self,
 
   /* Find the amount of possible shrink for each child */
   int n_visible_children = 0;
-  for (l = priv->children; l; l = l->next, i++)
+  for (l = priv->children, i = 0; l; l = l->next, i++)
     {
       gfloat child_min, child_nat;