1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index ca3f80ebc100..37a769d7f9fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -973,8 +973,7 @@ __cmd_buildid_list(const char *file_name, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
-        const char *file_name;
-
+        const char *file_name = NULL;
         const struct option kvm_options[] = {
                 OPT_STRING('i', "input", &file_name, "file",
                            "Input file name"),