diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-11-18-44-19.gh-issue-89455.d0qMYd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-11-18-44-19.gh-issue-89455.d0qMYd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e22b4ac44c096c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-11-18-44-19.gh-issue-89455.d0qMYd.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed an uninitialized bool value in the traceback printing code path that
+was introduced by the initial bpo-45292 exception groups work.
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index d117b790dfdaae..e086f0f345c222 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1504,6 +1504,7 @@ _PyErr_Display(PyObject *file, PyObject *exception, PyObject *value, PyObject *t
     struct exception_print_context ctx;
     ctx.file = file;
     ctx.exception_group_depth = 0;
+    ctx.need_close = false;
     ctx.max_group_width = PyErr_MAX_GROUP_WIDTH;
     ctx.max_group_depth = PyErr_MAX_GROUP_DEPTH;