diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1512.c b/tests/libtest/lib1512.c
index 93d5ea9086b1404e72f674c44b6942eb3d5e1254..447ffb2183542c1207c9145f916f30e1a656a5be 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib1512.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1512.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 int test(char *URL)
 {
-  CURLcode res;
+  CURLcode res = 0;
   CURL *curl[NUM_HANDLES] = {NULL, NULL};
   char *port = libtest_arg3;
   char *address = libtest_arg2;