diff --git a/src/dalist_memfn.c b/src/dalist_memfn.c
index 0b3199d..1176875 100644
--- a/src/dalist_memfn.c
+++ b/src/dalist_memfn.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static void * __cdecl dalist_alloc(struct dalist_ex * dlist)
 		pmemfn = dalist_memfn_internal;
 
 	/* allocate: try */
+	addr  = 0;
 	fnode = 0;
 	ret   = pmemfn(dlist,&addr,&alloc_size);