diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bc67da16d9..582694a79a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+2.2-70 | 2013-12-10 15:02:50 -0800
+
+  * Fix (harmless) uninitialized field in basename/dirname util
+    wrapper. (Jon Siwek)
+
 2.2-68 | 2013-12-09 15:19:37 -0800
 
   * Several improvements to input framework error handling for more
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 81bc15caec..066d37e8c2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2-68
+2.2-70
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index d86f45880d..16a5181dbc 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ public:
 protected:
 
 	SafePathOp()
+		: result(), error()
 		{ }
 
 	void CheckValid(const char* result, const char* path, bool error_aborts);