diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index 2fc70cd8d7b7c5..4f392a4c901adc 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ range_reverse(PyObject *seq)
     it = PyObject_New(longrangeiterobject, &PyLongRangeIter_Type);
     if (it == NULL)
         return NULL;
+    it->index = it->start = it->step = NULL;
 
     /* start + (len - 1) * step */
     it->len = range->length;