diff --git a/src/bin/psql/psql.c b/src/bin/psql/psql.c
index 817d350e8a7c01a3b3dcfc8e34533da78a3b0ae0..ccae6b30c53088d4411cd3dbb529b853fad1b3ec 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/psql.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/psql.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/Attic/psql.c,v 1.69 1997/06/02 03:04:50 scrappy Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/Attic/psql.c,v 1.70 1997/06/03 06:17:34 vadim Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ HandleSlashCmds(PsqlSettings * settings,
 		do_copy(optarg2, settings);
 	    else if (strncmp(cmd, "connect ", strlen("connect ")) == 0 ||
 		     strcmp(cmd, "connect") == 0 /* issue error message */) {
-		char           *optarg3;
+		char           *optarg3 = NULL;
 		int            blank_loc2;
 
 		if (optarg2) {
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ HandleSlashCmds(PsqlSettings * settings,
 		do_connect(optarg2, optarg3, settings);
 	    }
 	    else {
-		char           *optarg3;
+		char           *optarg3 = NULL;
 		int            blank_loc2;
 
 		if (optarg) {