diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-client.c b/libnm-glib/nm-client.c
index 9d1f90704b..468b06d2d0 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-client.c
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-client.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ get_permissions_reply (DBusGProxy *proxy,
                        gpointer user_data)
 {
 	NMClient *self = NM_CLIENT (user_data);
-	GHashTable *permissions;
+	GHashTable *permissions = NULL;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
 	dbus_g_proxy_end_call (proxy, call, &error,