diff --git a/src/ssl_ckch.c b/src/ssl_ckch.c
index 5dbd3a56f..ee30a8d11 100644
--- a/src/ssl_ckch.c
+++ b/src/ssl_ckch.c
@@ -3075,7 +3075,7 @@ static int cli_io_handler_show_cafile(struct appctx *appctx)
 	struct show_cafile_ctx *ctx = appctx->svcctx;
 	struct buffer *trash = alloc_trash_chunk();
 	struct ebmb_node *node;
-	struct cafile_entry *cafile_entry;
+	struct cafile_entry *cafile_entry = NULL;
 
 	if (trash == NULL)
 		return 1;