1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index fe7a27d67d2b..e9e1c03f927d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void parse_proc_kallsyms(struct pevent *pevent,
         char *next = NULL;
         char *addr_str;
         char *mod;
-        char *fmt;
+        char *fmt = NULL;
 
         line = strtok_r(file, "\n", &next);
         while (line) {