diff --git a/core/java/src/net/metanotion/io/block/index/BSkipSpan.java b/core/java/src/net/metanotion/io/block/index/BSkipSpan.java
index a934d2b1d..551bdca88 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/metanotion/io/block/index/BSkipSpan.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/metanotion/io/block/index/BSkipSpan.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class BSkipSpan extends SkipSpan {
 	protected int overflowPage;
 
 	protected int prevPage;
-	protected int nextPage;
+	protected int nextPage = 0;
 	protected Serializer keySer;
 	protected Serializer valSer;