1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
index 6c48d6e..f46d70a 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
@@ -3006,6 +3006,8 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         }
         else if (!HDstrncmp(argv[argno], "--s3-cred=", (size_t)10)) {
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+            char const *start = NULL;
+
             start = strchr(argv[argno], '=');
             if (start == NULL) {
                 HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "Error: Unable to parse null credentials tuple\n"