diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 7729ed26b5..813571b135 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -5174,7 +5174,7 @@ sub git_patchset_body {
 # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
 sub git_project_search_form {
-	my ($searchtext, $search_use_regexp);
+	my ($searchtext, $search_use_regexp) = @_;
 
 	my $limit = '';
 	if ($project_filter) {