diff --git a/orte/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_put_get_cm.c b/orte/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_put_get_cm.c
index 5203123207..2c33f5debf 100644
--- a/orte/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_put_get_cm.c
+++ b/orte/mca/gpr/replica/communications/gpr_replica_put_get_cm.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int orte_gpr_replica_recv_get_conditional_cmd(orte_buffer_t *input_buffer,
     orte_gpr_addr_mode_t addr_mode;
     orte_gpr_replica_segment_t *seg=NULL;
     orte_gpr_replica_itag_t *tokentags=NULL, *keytags=NULL;
-    orte_gpr_keyval_t **conditions;
+    orte_gpr_keyval_t **conditions = NULL;
     orte_gpr_replica_itagval_t **conds = NULL;
     int rc, ret;
     char *segment=NULL, **tokens=NULL, **keys=NULL;