diff --git a/cli/src/connections.c b/cli/src/connections.c
index f45d95a53f..7d4fffc058 100644
--- a/cli/src/connections.c
+++ b/cli/src/connections.c
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ static NMCResultCode
 do_connection_delete (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	NMConnection *connection = NULL;
-	const char *selector;
+	const char *selector = NULL;
 	const char *id = NULL;
 	GError *error = NULL;