diff -r e250a5b59c97 -r 2b4446ccebc9 libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c	Tue Nov 02 00:39:00 2021 -0500
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c	Tue Nov 02 00:41:03 2021 -0500
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
 		g_free(msg);
 		return;
 	} else if (!strncmp(input, "ERROR ", 6)) {
-		GError *error;
+		GError *error = NULL;
 		if (g_utf8_validate(input, -1, NULL)) {
 			error = g_error_new(
 				PURPLE_CONNECTION_ERROR,