diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index a7bd2fd21b..1797e310ff 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Fix bug in wxImage::ClearAlpha() for shared data (Markus Rollmann).
 - Accept wxALIGN_CENTRE_HORIZONTAL in wxStaticText XRC handler (David Hart).
 - Fix appearance after updating a wxGrid with hidden rows/columns (iwbnwif).
+- Make wxAuiNotebookXmlHandler actually work.
 
 wxGTK:
 
diff --git a/src/xrc/xh_auinotbk.cpp b/src/xrc/xh_auinotbk.cpp
index 2035787291..df7498394f 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xh_auinotbk.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xh_auinotbk.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxAuiNotebookXmlHandler, wxXmlResourceHandler);
 
 wxAuiNotebookXmlHandler::wxAuiNotebookXmlHandler()
-    : wxXmlResourceHandler()
+    : wxXmlResourceHandler(),
+      m_isInside(false)
 {
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxAUI_NB_DEFAULT_STYLE);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxAUI_NB_TAB_SPLIT);