diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 166b76fc6b..d995ac21f5 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ Patches have also been contributed by:
   Laszlo Ersek         <lersek@redhat.com>
   Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org>
   Marcelo Cerri        <mhcerri@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+  Hendrik Schwartke    <hendrik@os-t.de>
 
   [....send patches to get your name here....]
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index a33d192c2d..edeb435612 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ int qemuMonitorTextGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int qemuMonitorTextGetBlockInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                 virHashTablePtr table)
 {
-    struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *info;
+    struct qemuDomainDiskInfo *info = NULL;
     char *reply = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
     char *dummy;