diff --git a/thunar/thunar-history.c b/thunar/thunar-history.c
index ba2939e..d2c3266 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-history.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-history.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ thunar_history_error_not_found (GFile    *goto_file,
   gchar  *parse_name;
   GError *error;
 
+  error = NULL;
   g_set_error_literal (&error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_EXIST, _("The item will be removed from the history"));
 
   parse_name = g_file_get_parse_name (goto_file);