1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index a2d7ab146e..d5efadd93d 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote)
 {
 	const char *slash = strchr(remote->name, '/');
 	char *frag;
-	struct strbuf branch;
+	struct strbuf branch = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int n = slash ? slash - remote->name : 1000;
 	FILE *f = fopen(git_path("branches/%.*s", n, remote->name), "r");
 	char *s, *p;
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote)
 	 * #branch specified.  The "master" (or specified) branch is
 	 * fetched and stored in the local branch of the same name.
 	 */
-	strbuf_init(&branch, 0);
 	frag = strchr(p, '#');
 	if (frag) {
 		*(frag++) = '\0';