diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index bde39046bae81a5b2588131e21721fad66231412..7dd8e03a637b1bc984c6dd245c37ae7ec5df7b8a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -5621,7 +5621,7 @@ virDomainDefPtr qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr caps,
     if (def->ndisks > 0) {
         const char *ceph_args = qemuFindEnv(progenv, "CEPH_ARGS");
         if (ceph_args) {
-            char *hosts, *port, *saveptr, *token;
+            char *hosts, *port, *saveptr = NULL, *token;
             virDomainDiskDefPtr first_rbd_disk = NULL;
             for (i = 0 ; i < def->ndisks ; i++) {
                 virDomainDiskDefPtr disk = def->disks[i];