diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
index 3a5798348a546e97f7b9a10c5ea83f6b42c87f1f..a00c4134f1b84cbddfc48a72941137d63e880427 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ dbus_codec_list()
 {
 
     GError *error = NULL;
-    gchar** array;
+    gchar** array = NULL;
     org_sflphone_SFLphone_ConfigurationManager_get_codec_list (
             configurationManagerProxy,
             &array,