diff --git a/dlls/mscoree/corruntimehost.c b/dlls/mscoree/corruntimehost.c
index d5c94c1b396..02627577226 100644
--- a/dlls/mscoree/corruntimehost.c
+++ b/dlls/mscoree/corruntimehost.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ HRESULT create_monodata(REFIID riid, LPVOID *ppObj )
     WCHAR path[CHARS_IN_GUID + ARRAYSIZE(wszCLSIDSlash) + ARRAYSIZE(wszInprocServer32) - 1];
     MonoDomain *domain;
     MonoAssembly *assembly;
-    ICLRRuntimeInfo *info;
+    ICLRRuntimeInfo *info = NULL;
     RuntimeHost *host;
     HRESULT hr;
     HKEY key;