diff --git a/src/lru.c b/src/lru.c
index 22f15f704..d58b18886 100644
--- a/src/lru.c
+++ b/src/lru.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static unsigned long long sum(unsigned long long x)
 
 static long get_value(struct lru64_head *lru, long a)
 {
-	struct lru64 *item;
+	struct lru64 *item = NULL;
 
 	if (lru) {
 		item = lru64_get(a, lru, lru, 0);
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static long get_value(struct lru64_head *lru, long a)
 	/* do the painful work here */
 	a = sum(a);
 	if (item)
-		lru64_commit(item, (void *)a, lru, 0);
+		lru64_commit(item, (void *)a, lru, 1, 0);
 	return a;
 }