diff --git a/sp/src/game/server/sceneentity.cpp b/sp/src/game/server/sceneentity.cpp
index 5cef9cc0..ce2a1bc6 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/server/sceneentity.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/server/sceneentity.cpp
@@ -4284,7 +4284,7 @@ CBaseEntity *CSceneEntity::FindNamedEntity( const char *name, CBaseEntity *pActo
 #ifdef MAPBASE
 const char *GetFirstSoundInScene(const char *pszScene)
 {
-	const char *soundName;
+	const char *soundName = NULL;
 	SceneCachedData_t sceneData;
 	if ( scenefilecache->GetSceneCachedData( pszScene, &sceneData ) )
 	{