1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c b/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c
index 45391b565..b5942899e 100644
--- a/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c
+++ b/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ int xxd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
         char buf[80];
         dumper_t *dumper;
-        char *opt_l, *opt_s, *opt_o;
+        char *opt_l, *opt_o;
+        char *opt_s = NULL;
         unsigned bytes = 2;
         unsigned cols = 0;
         unsigned opt;