diff --git a/MessagePackParser+Streaming.m b/MessagePackParser+Streaming.m
index 58441ea..dca70b3 100644
--- a/MessagePackParser+Streaming.m
+++ b/MessagePackParser+Streaming.m
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ - (void)feed:(NSData*)chunk {
 
 // Put next parsed messagepack data. If there is not sufficient data, return nil.
 - (id)next {
-    id unpackedObject;
+    id unpackedObject = nil;
     msgpack_unpacked result;
     msgpack_unpacked_init(&result);
     if (msgpack_unpacker_next(&unpacker, &result)) {