diff --git a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
index 6fe26f80af..099e2af6ad 100644
--- a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
+++ b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ gstreamer_video_sink_new(Emotion_Gstreamer_Video *ev,
    int flags;
    const char *launch;
 #if defined HAVE_ECORE_X && defined HAVE_XOVERLAY_H
-   const char *engine;
+   const char *engine = NULL;
    Eina_List *engines;
 #endif