diff --git a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
index 2c1fe99e4..884ff0c5b 100644
--- a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
@@ -685,8 +685,7 @@ void *insertEventsfromXMLTV(void * data)
 		reader_ready = true;
 		pthread_exit(NULL);
 	}
-	static std::string url = "";
-	url = (std::string)(char *) data;
+	static std::string url = (std::string)(char *) data;
 	std::string tmp_name = randomFile(getFileExt(url), "/tmp", 8);
 
 	int64_t now = time_monotonic_ms();