diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
index 51567d40370f3d5be918a5e151b10ac22ccb5383..8735cc10a73b3116d35c86e596cbb5db4b4e7cb2 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ openvzGetVPSUUID(int vpsid, char *uuidstr, size_t len)
 {
     char conf_file[PATH_MAX];
     char line[1024];
-    char *saveptr;
+    char *saveptr = NULL;
     char *uuidbuf;
     char *iden;
     int fd, ret;