diff --git a/gst/gstregistrybinary.c b/gst/gstregistrybinary.c
index 55bcf113e6..e074a6085d 100644
--- a/gst/gstregistrybinary.c
+++ b/gst/gstregistrybinary.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ gst_registry_binary_load_feature (GstRegistry * registry, gchar ** in,
     gchar * end, const gchar * plugin_name)
 {
   GstBinaryPluginFeature *pf = NULL;
-  GstPluginFeature *feature;
+  GstPluginFeature *feature = NULL;
   gchar *type_name = NULL, *str;
   GType type;
   guint i;