diff --git a/sites/all/modules/contrib/strongarm/strongarm.admin.inc b/sites/all/modules/contrib/strongarm/strongarm.admin.inc
index 021fbd6..6994704 100644
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/strongarm/strongarm.admin.inc
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/strongarm/strongarm.admin.inc
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ function strongarm_admin_revert_submit(&$form, &$form_state) {
  * be related to strongarm'd variables and locks them down.
  */
 function _strongarm_lockdown(&$form, $pattern = '', $position = STRONGARM_PATTERN_PREFIX) {
+  $altered = FALSE;
   $var_conf = strongarm_get_conf();
 
   foreach (element_children($form) as $elem) {