1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gopher.c b/lib/gopher.c
index 6b57d3519..e6d274648 100644
--- a/lib/gopher.c
+++ b/lib/gopher.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static CURLcode gopher_do(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
 
   curl_off_t *bytecount = &data->req.bytecount;
   char *path = data->state.path;
-  char *sel;
+  char *sel = NULL;
   char *sel_org = NULL;
   ssize_t amount, k;
   size_t len;