diff --git a/examples/C/glib/add-connection-libnm.c b/examples/C/glib/add-connection-libnm.c
index 75048bd8f1..9b323084d6 100644
--- a/examples/C/glib/add-connection-libnm.c
+++ b/examples/C/glib/add-connection-libnm.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ added_cb (GObject *client,
 {
 	GMainLoop *loop = user_data;
 	NMRemoteConnection *remote;
-	GError *error;
+	GError *error = NULL;
 
 	/* NM responded to our request; either handle the resulting error or
 	 * print out the object path of the connection we just added.