diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index ebe31d18b9..218ea6d102 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ static int decode_thread(void *arg)
         }
         if(url_feof(ic->pb)) {
             av_init_packet(pkt);
-            pkt->data=
+            pkt->data=NULL;
             pkt->size=0;
             pkt->stream_index= is->video_stream;
             packet_queue_put(&is->videoq, pkt);