diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 8e35d7da7abffc46f8e68278eb9959489612f7bb..fc3b7e3c895e72c8c349cbca3c42b8548703843d 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -5557,7 +5557,7 @@ static int manager_queue_member_penalty(struct mansession *s, const struct messa
 
 static char *handle_queue_add_member(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
 {
-	char *queuename, *interface, *membername = NULL, *state_interface;
+	char *queuename, *interface, *membername = NULL, *state_interface = NULL;
 	int penalty;
 
 	switch ( cmd ) {