diff --git a/ExternData/Resources/C-Sources/ED_XMLFile.c b/ExternData/Resources/C-Sources/ED_XMLFile.c
index e1a2a915..f9237e6f 100644
--- a/ExternData/Resources/C-Sources/ED_XMLFile.c
+++ b/ExternData/Resources/C-Sources/ED_XMLFile.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void ED_getDoubleArray1DFromXML(void* _xml, const char* varName, double* a, size
 							if (token != NULL) {
 								buf = strdup(token);
 								if (buf != NULL) {
-									char* nextToken = NULL;
+									nextToken = NULL;
 									token = strtok_r(buf, "[]{},; \t", &nextToken);
 								}
 								else {