1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index c79fbeb14..9c1bba689 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                         status = -1;
                 }
         } else if (S_ISREG(source_stat.st_mode)) {
-                FILE *sfp, *dfp;
+                FILE *sfp, *dfp=NULL;
 
                 if (dest_exists) {
                         if (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE) {