diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/macho/MachHeader.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/macho/MachHeader.java
index 8bf7279a77..bb2939ede5 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/macho/MachHeader.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/macho/MachHeader.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class MachHeader implements StructConverter {
 	private long _commandIndex;
 	private FactoryBundledWithBinaryReader _reader;
 	private long _machHeaderStartIndexInProvider;
-	private long _machHeaderStartIndex;
+	private long _machHeaderStartIndex = 0;
 	private boolean _parsed = false;
 
 	/**