diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 03d1350a..fc6faeaa 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ 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 cpio, dsniff, freeciv, gkrellm, mkinitrd, and
-    tcpdump completions.
+  * Fix leaking $prev from cpio, dsniff, freeciv, gkrellm, mkinitrd, service,
+    and tcpdump completions.
   * Split ant completion to contrib/ant, improve the built in one.
   * Improve postfix completion.
   * Improve samba completion.
diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 75162a06..c17a5645 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ _usb_ids()
 { have service || [ -d /etc/init.d/ ]; } &&
 _service()
 {
-	local cur sysvdir
+	local cur prev sysvdir
 
 	COMPREPLY=()
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}