diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp
index e27002a39..3048ba3e4 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ MusicScanner::MusicScanner( MusicScanner::ScanMode scanMode, const QStringList&
     , m_scanMode( scanMode )
     , m_paths( paths )
     , m_showProgress( true )
+    , m_cmdQueue( 0 )
     , m_batchsize( bs )
     , m_dirListerThreadController( 0 )
 {