diff --git a/api/api.c b/api/api.c
index c368511704e5e9877757a49b2e8e9cf2256c2b95..4fae95d2801db2d1d7e304559630500949d405db 100644
--- a/api/api.c
+++ b/api/api.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ int syscall(int call, int *retval, ...)
 
 void api_init(void)
 {
-	struct api_signature *sig = NULL;
+	struct api_signature *sig;
 
 	/* TODO put this into linker set one day... */
 	calls_table[API_RSVD] = NULL;