str_format_meta: missing initializer on error path

diff --git a/src/text/strings.c b/src/text/strings.c
index 33f30d4e961d216afa896aed2983d80c7a0671c3..9cc150aee4a62a05253fb2977ea631cabfecd21f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/text/strings.c
+++ b/src/text/strings.c
@@ -818,6 +818,8 @@ char *str_format_meta(input_thread_t *input, const char *s)
         fread(str, len, 1, stream);
         str[len] = '\0';
     }
+    else
+        str = NULL;
     fclose(stream);
     return str;
 #endif