diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttauth/process.c b/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttauth/process.c
index bafd259c3..3b2eb6418 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttauth/process.c
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttauth/process.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static int do_add (inputfilename, lineno, argc, argv)
     char *authdata_hex;
     char *authdata = NULL;
     int protodata_len, authdata_len;
-    _tt_AuthFileEntry *entry;
+    _tt_AuthFileEntry *entry = NULL;
     _tt_AuthFileEntryList *list;
     int status = 0;