diff --git a/dex-translator/src/main/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/v3/V3CodeAdapter.java b/dex-translator/src/main/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/v3/V3CodeAdapter.java
index cf05a065..b82355f6 100644
--- a/dex-translator/src/main/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/v3/V3CodeAdapter.java
+++ b/dex-translator/src/main/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/v3/V3CodeAdapter.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import static com.googlecode.dex2jar.ir.stmt.Stmts.nUnLock;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import com.googlecode.dex2jar.ir.stmt.Stmts;
 import org.objectweb.asm.Label;
 import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
 import org.objectweb.asm.Type;
@@ -148,7 +149,10 @@ public class V3CodeAdapter implements DexCodeVisitor, Opcodes, DexOpcodes {
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < locals.length; i++) {
             if (locals[i] == null) {
-                locals[i] = nLocal("a" + i);
+                Local local = nLocal("a" + i);
+                locals[i] = local;
+                // simple fix for issue 219, init all tmp register to 0 at the start of insn.
+                list.add(Stmts.nAssign(local, nInt(0)));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/dex-translator/src/test/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/test/UnInitRegisterTest.java b/dex-translator/src/test/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/test/UnInitRegisterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e530f057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dex-translator/src/test/java/com/googlecode/dex2jar/test/UnInitRegisterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.googlecode.dex2jar.test;
+
+import com.googlecode.dex2jar.DexLabel;
+import com.googlecode.dex2jar.Method;
+import com.googlecode.dex2jar.visitors.DexClassVisitor;
+import com.googlecode.dex2jar.visitors.DexCodeVisitor;
+import com.googlecode.dex2jar.visitors.DexMethodVisitor;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static com.googlecode.dex2jar.DexOpcodes.*;
+
+public class UnInitRegisterTest {
+    public static void i219(DexClassVisitor cv) {
+        DexMethodVisitor mv = cv.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC | ACC_STATIC, new Method("La;", "a",
+                new String[] { "Ljava/lang/String;" }, "I"));
+        DexCodeVisitor code = mv.visitCode();
+
+        int v0 = 0;
+        int v1 = 1;
+
+        code.visitArguments(2, new int[] { v1 });
+        code.visitReturnStmt(OP_RETURN, v0, TYPE_INT);
+        code.visitEnd();
+        mv.visitEnd();
+    }
+
+    public static void i220(DexClassVisitor cv) {
+        DexMethodVisitor mv = cv.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC, new Method("La;", "a", new String[] {}, "Ljava/lang/String;"));
+        DexCodeVisitor code = mv.visitCode();
+
+        int v0 = 0;
+        int v1 = 1;
+        int v2 = 2;
+        int v6 = 6;
+
+        DexLabel L6 = new DexLabel();
+        code.visitArguments(7, new int[] { v6 });
+        code.visitJumpStmt(OP_IF_EQZ, v1, L6);
+        code.visitMoveStmt(OP_MOVE, v0, v6);
+        code.visitLabel(L6);
+        code.visitReturnStmt(OP_RETURN, v2, TYPE_OBJECT);
+        code.visitEnd();
+        mv.visitEnd();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        TestUtils.testDexASMifier(getClass(), "i219");
+        TestUtils.testDexASMifier(getClass(), "i220");
+    }
+}