diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index 4b32773063..39415013b0 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -1932,13 +1932,15 @@ static void config_set_defaults(void)
  **/
 static config_file_t *open_default_config_file(void)
 {
-   bool has_application_data;
+   bool has_application_data              = false;
    size_t path_size                       = PATH_MAX_LENGTH * sizeof(char);
    char *application_data                 = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX_LENGTH * sizeof(char));
    char *conf_path                        = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX_LENGTH * sizeof(char));
    char *app_path                         = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX_LENGTH * sizeof(char));
    config_file_t *conf                    = NULL;
 
+   (void)has_application_data;
+
    application_data[0] = conf_path[0] = app_path[0] = '\0';
 
    (void)path_size;