diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c9a3357c..3db1435a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ bash-completion (1.x)
     completion, assume only that --*file*= does, and that --*dir*= takes dirs.
   * Add make --old/new-file, --assume-old/new, --what-if value completions.
   * Add smartctl -n/--nocheck completion, add more other value completions.
+  * Fix leaking $prev from mkinitrd completion.
 
   [ Todd Zullinger ]
   * Make yum complete on filenames after install, deplist, update and upgrade
diff --git a/contrib/mkinitrd b/contrib/mkinitrd
index 021de4b4..e50d1c62 100644
--- a/contrib/mkinitrd
+++ b/contrib/mkinitrd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 have mkinitrd &&
 _mkinitrd()
 {
-	local cur args
+	local cur prev args
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
 	cur=`_get_cword`