diff --git a/reactos/lib/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c b/reactos/lib/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c
index db0756db674..aa594235e86 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/ws2_32/misc/dllmain.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ select(
  *     Number of ready socket descriptors, or SOCKET_ERROR if an error ocurred
  */
 {
-  PCATALOG_ENTRY Provider;
+  PCATALOG_ENTRY Provider = NULL;
   INT Count;
   INT Errno;