diff --git a/panda/src/text/textAssembler.I b/panda/src/text/textAssembler.I
index d6448e414e..8d57a8e922 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/textAssembler.I
+++ b/panda/src/text/textAssembler.I
@@ -400,7 +400,9 @@ operator = (const TextAssembler::TextCharacter &copy) {
 INLINE TextAssembler::TextRow::
 TextRow(int row_start) :
   _row_start(row_start),
-  _got_soft_hyphens(false)
+  _got_soft_hyphens(false),
+  _xpos(0.0f),
+  _ypos(0.0f)
 {
 }