1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 0d7c585099..6890bdc522 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ static char_u *get_lval(char_u *const name, typval_T *const rettv,
     }
 
     int len = -1;
-    char_u *key;
+    char_u *key = NULL;
     if (*p == '.') {
       key = p + 1;
       for (len = 0; ASCII_ISALNUM(key[len]) || key[len] == '_'; len++) {