diff --git a/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp b/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp
index fe2df548d..c487d274e 100644
--- a/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ long delta_time_ms (struct timeval *tv, struct timeval *last_tv)
 	return timeval_to_ms (tv) - timeval_to_ms (last_tv);
 }
 
-static cDemux * dmx;
+static cDemux * dmx = NULL;
 
 int CStreamInfo2::ts_setup ()
 {