--- server-src/amtape.c	Fri Jun 16 18:23:26 2000
+++ server-src/amtape.c	Tue Jun 19 14:58:02 2001
@@ -503,7 +601,7 @@
 int argc;
 char **argv;
 {
-    char *slot, *device;
+    char *slot = NULL, *device = NULL;
 
     if(changer_loadslot("current", &slot, &device))
 	error("Could not load current slot.\n");
