diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c
index bbe5eba8a7..283c9eeeb2 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_xdk.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void frontend_xdk_exec(const char *path, bool should_load_game)
    bool original_verbose       = verbosity_is_enabled();
 #endif
 #if defined(_XBOX1)
-   LAUNCH_DATA ptr             = NULL;
+   LAUNCH_DATA ptr;
 #elif defined(_XBOX360)
    char game_path[1024]        = {0};
 #endif