diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_scale_sample.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_scale_sample.c
index 1ee1960649..9eefe14c4e 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_scale_sample.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_scale_sample.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ scale_rgba_in_to_out_clip_sample_internal(RGBA_Image *src, RGBA_Image *dst,
    int      dst_clip_x, dst_clip_y, dst_clip_w, dst_clip_h;
    int      src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h;
    RGBA_Gfx_Func func;
-   RGBA_Image *maskobj;
+   RGBA_Image *maskobj = NULL;
    DATA8   *mask = NULL;
 
    if (!(RECTS_INTERSECT(dst_region_x, dst_region_y, dst_region_w, dst_region_h, 0, 0, dst->cache_entry.w, dst->cache_entry.h)))