diff --git a/src/network/networkd-state-file.c b/src/network/networkd-state-file.c
index 3c505f39e6..f077ed5f4b 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-state-file.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-state-file.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int link_put_dns(Link *link, OrderedSet **s) {
 
                 r = sd_dhcp_lease_get_dnr(link->dhcp_lease, &resolvers);
                 if (r >= 0) {
-                        struct in_addr_full **dot_servers;
+                        struct in_addr_full **dot_servers = NULL;
                         size_t n = 0;
                         CLEANUP_ARRAY(dot_servers, n, in_addr_full_free_array);
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int link_put_dns(Link *link, OrderedSet **s) {
 
                 r = sd_dhcp6_lease_get_dnr(link->dhcp6_lease, &resolvers);
                 if (r >= 0) {
-                        struct in_addr_full **dot_servers;
+                        struct in_addr_full **dot_servers = NULL;
                         size_t n = 0;
                         CLEANUP_ARRAY(dot_servers, n, in_addr_full_free_array);