diff --git a/imgui_draw.cpp b/imgui_draw.cpp
index c7232af..0cb7cd8 100644
--- a/imgui_draw.cpp
+++ b/imgui_draw.cpp
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@
     // Although it is likely to be the most commonly used format, our font rendering is 1 channel / 8 bpp
     if (!TexPixelsRGBA32)
     {
-        unsigned char* pixels;
+        unsigned char* pixels = NULL;
         GetTexDataAsAlpha8(&pixels, NULL, NULL);
         if (pixels)
         {