1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index e52d77ec7084..acd78dc28341 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static const char * const evlist_usage[] = {
 int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
         struct perf_attr_details details = { .verbose = false, };
-        const char *input_name;
+        const char *input_name = NULL;
         const struct option options[] = {
                 OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
                             "Input file name"),