diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 163e0731..cdf08c42 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ 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.
+  * Fix leaking $prev from cpio and mkinitrd completion.
   * Split ant completion to contrib/ant, improve the built in one.
 
   [ Todd Zullinger ]
diff --git a/contrib/cpio b/contrib/cpio
index aed31555..84bebcf3 100644
--- a/contrib/cpio
+++ b/contrib/cpio
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ _cpio_format()
 
 _cpio()
 {
-	local cur
+	local cur prev
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
 	cur=`_get_cword`