diff --git a/tests/ivshmem-test.c b/tests/ivshmem-test.c
index f1793ba6fb..8f1a849ab4 100644
--- a/tests/ivshmem-test.c
+++ b/tests/ivshmem-test.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static QPCIDevice *get_device(void)
     QPCIBus *pcibus;
 
     pcibus = qpci_init_pc();
+    dev = NULL;
     qpci_device_foreach(pcibus, 0x1af4, 0x1110, save_fn, &dev);
     g_assert(dev != NULL);