diff --git a/src/tpm12/tpm_nvram.c b/src/tpm12/tpm_nvram.c
index 1235973c..b67e36c5 100644
--- a/src/tpm12/tpm_nvram.c
+++ b/src/tpm12/tpm_nvram.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ TPM_RESULT TPM_Process_NVReadValue(tpm_state_t *tpm_state,
     TPM_BOOL			physicalPresence;
     TPM_BOOL			isGPIO = FALSE;
     BYTE 			*gpioData = NULL;
-    TPM_NV_DATA_SENSITIVE	*d1NvdataSensitive;
+    TPM_NV_DATA_SENSITIVE	*d1NvdataSensitive = NULL;
     uint32_t			s1Last;
     
     /* output parameters  */