diff --git a/Mesh/meshGFaceBamg.cpp b/Mesh/meshGFaceBamg.cpp
index caff64c03365b9b621e9d432bf0f69ef1c8406a7..79e360c7433896e417507fd9c3dfa0202c1f7e35 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGFaceBamg.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGFaceBamg.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void meshGFaceBamg(GFace *gf){
   Mesh2 *bamgMesh = new Mesh2 (all.size(), gf->triangles.size(), numEdges,
 			       bamgVertices, bamgTriangles, bamgBoundary);
 
-  MElementOctree *_octree ;
+  MElementOctree *_octree = NULL;
   if (hasCompounds){
     _octree = new MElementOctree(myParamElems);
     // //EMI PRINT TRIS