--- a/network_client.c	Wed Dec 22 23:24:53 2004 +0000
+++ b/network_client.c	Thu Dec 23 00:24:44 2004 +0000
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
 {
 	NetworkAction action = NetworkRecv_uint8(p);
 	char msg[MAX_TEXT_MSG_LEN];
-	NetworkClientInfo *ci, *ci_to;
+	NetworkClientInfo *ci = NULL, *ci_to;
 	uint16 index;
 	char name[NETWORK_NAME_LENGTH];
 	bool self_send;