diff --git a/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c b/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
index 0085352eba6845d3866ef87ea366af8ae8c83b00..7812dd50d222a6b6684c9e01bb5719ab2c37e57a 100644
--- a/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ virDomainListSnapshots(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr snapshots,
                        unsigned int flags)
 {
     int count = virDomainSnapshotObjListNum(snapshots, from, flags);
-    virDomainSnapshotPtr *list;
+    virDomainSnapshotPtr *list = NULL;
     char **names;
     int ret = -1;
     int i;