diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
index 8247ee6bdc6..b16b2898b62 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CXX11
 	_GLIBCXX20_CONSTEXPR
         basic_string(_InputIterator __beg, _InputIterator __end,
 		     const _Alloc& __a = _Alloc())
-	: _M_dataplus(_M_local_data(), __a)
+	: _M_dataplus(_M_local_data(), __a), _M_string_length(0)
 	{
 #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
 	  _M_construct(__beg, __end, std::__iterator_category(__beg));