diff --git a/harbour/contrib/libnf/getenvrn.c b/harbour/contrib/libnf/getenvrn.c
index d298850c21..d5afb4b2e2 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/libnf/getenvrn.c
+++ b/harbour/contrib/libnf/getenvrn.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ HB_FUNC(FT_GETE)
    {
    
     extern char **_environ;
-    char *buffer;
+    char *buffer = NULL;
     int x;
     int buffsize = 0;
     int rettype  = NORETURN;