diff --git a/src/misc/darwin_specific.c b/src/misc/darwin_specific.c
index d11cedeb73aed36d2cbf3893b37acde0bb621a25..23ef2ff28f2439b0062a248bcdc16bb9a656ec69 100644
--- a/src/misc/darwin_specific.c
+++ b/src/misc/darwin_specific.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 void system_Init( libvlc_int_t *p_this, int *pi_argc, const char *ppsz_argv[] )
 {
     VLC_UNUSED(p_this);
-    char i_dummy = '\0';
+    char i_dummy;
     char *p_char = NULL;
     char *p_oldchar = &i_dummy;
     unsigned int i;