diff --git a/libdbus/xfpm-dbus.c b/libdbus/xfpm-dbus.c
index e7c411f8c0ac27ce54b46f89e0bcd93e07e32d73..6a418945f125837171ad7822e49151a5d1278209 100644
--- a/libdbus/xfpm-dbus.c
+++ b/libdbus/xfpm-dbus.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gboolean
 xfpm_dbus_name_has_owner (GDBusConnection *connection, const gchar *name)
 {
     GError *error = NULL;
-    const gchar *owner;
+    const gchar *owner = NULL;
     gboolean ret;
     GVariant *var;