diff --git a/MagickCore/identify.c b/MagickCore/identify.c
index 48a7341..ff9a404 100644
--- a/MagickCore/identify.c
+++ b/MagickCore/identify.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@
   channel_statistics=(ChannelStatistics *) NULL;
   channel_features=(ChannelFeatures *) NULL;
   colorspace=image->colorspace;
+  scale=1;
   if (ping == MagickFalse)
     {
       size_t