diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java
index 870ac86e1..d6d0b2120 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public final class KeyboardLayoutSet {
         boolean mIsSpellChecker;
         int mKeyboardWidth;
         int mKeyboardHeight;
-        int mScriptId;
+        int mScriptId = ScriptUtils.SCRIPT_LATIN;
         // Sparse array of KeyboardLayoutSet element parameters indexed by element's id.
         final SparseArray<ElementParams> mKeyboardLayoutSetElementIdToParamsMap =
                 new SparseArray<>();