diff --git a/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c b/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c
index 760f696502..33dbcf7af9 100644
--- a/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c
+++ b/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ eet_data_image_etc1_compressed_convert(int         *size,
    void *result;
    const char *codec;
 
+   data = NULL;
    r = eina_binbuf_new();
    if (!r) return NULL;