diff --git a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-listener.c b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-listener.c
index a0449816cd..1cce5a1c7e 100644
--- a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-listener.c
+++ b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-listener.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ _method_call_handle (NMDhcpListener *self,
 	gs_free char *iface = NULL;
 	gs_free char *pid_str = NULL;
 	gs_free char *reason = NULL;
-	gs_unref_variant GVariant *options;
+	gs_unref_variant GVariant *options = NULL;
 	int pid;
 	gboolean handled = FALSE;