1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/creds/creds.c b/src/creds/creds.c
index 50de685cd4..19893fb361 100644
--- a/src/creds/creds.c
+++ b/src/creds/creds.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int transcode(
         switch (arg_transcode) {
 
         case TRANSCODE_BASE64: {
-                char *buf = NULL;
+                char *buf;
                 ssize_t l;
 
                 l = base64mem_full(input, input_size, 79, &buf);