diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
index 5e98556b3125af297bf332f77d667e186894b079..427c520b2b38ceca71ce5d6f81c3a77ec1fc625f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c,v 1.85 2003/01/23 23:39:01 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c,v 1.86 2003/01/24 21:53:29 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -491,9 +491,9 @@ acldefault(GrantObjectType objtype, AclId ownerid)
 Acl *
 aclinsert3(const Acl *old_acl, const AclItem *mod_aip, unsigned modechg, DropBehavior behavior)
 {
-	Acl		   *new_acl;
+	Acl		   *new_acl = NULL;
 	AclItem    *old_aip,
-			   *new_aip;
+			   *new_aip = NULL;
 	int			dst,
 				num;