--- org-footnote.el.ORIG	2012-02-06 21:53:00.068908112 -0500
+++ org-footnote.el	2012-02-06 21:54:01.472540988 -0500
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
       (org-footnote-create-definition label)
       (org-footnote-auto-adjust-maybe)))))
 
-(defvar org-blank-before-new-entry nil) ; silence byte-compiler
+(defvar org-blank-before-new-entry) ; silence byte-compiler
 (defun org-footnote-create-definition (label)
   "Start the definition of a footnote with label LABEL."
   (interactive "sLabel: ")