diff --git a/internal/p10k.zsh b/internal/p10k.zsh
index 629735c0..c20a1108 100755
--- a/internal/p10k.zsh
+++ b/internal/p10k.zsh
@@ -3251,7 +3251,7 @@ function _p9k_set_prompt() {
           PROMPT+='${${_p9k_g::=0}+}'
         fi
         if [[ $_POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_MAX_LENGTH == <->('%'|) ]]; then
-          local lim
+          local lim=
           if [[ $_POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_MAX_LENGTH[-1] == '%' ]]; then
             lim="$_p9k_dir_len-$((0.01*$_POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_MAX_LENGTH[1,-2]))*_p9k_clm"
           else