diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 8e1bb9b2..dfc8456d 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ static bool
 check_label_pattern (const char *label)
 {
   char *string;
-  bool result;
+  bool result = false;
 
   if (fnmatch (volume_label_option, label, 0) == 0)
     return true;
diff --git a/tests/remfiles01.at b/tests/remfiles01.at
index 940fd953..73752b4a 100644
--- a/tests/remfiles01.at
+++ b/tests/remfiles01.at
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ AT_KEYWORDS([create remove-files remfiles01 gzip])
 
 unset TAR_OPTIONS
 AT_CHECK([
+AT_UNPRIVILEGED_PREREQ
 AT_GZIP_PREREQ
 AT_SORT_PREREQ