diff --git a/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c b/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
index 7cf3cc08a..3d5fe015c 100644
--- a/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@ g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_with_spawn (GDesktopAppInfo            *info,
       GPid pid;
       GList *launched_uris;
       GList *iter;
-      char *display, *sn_id;
+      char *display, *sn_id = NULL;
 
       old_uris = uris;
       if (!expand_application_parameters (info, exec_line, &uris, &argc, &argv, error))