diff --git a/coreutils/env.c b/coreutils/env.c
index d8a76e364..d8b428561 100644
--- a/coreutils/env.c
+++ b/coreutils/env.c
@@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ extern int env_main(int argc, char** argv)
 	char **ep, *p;
 	char *cleanenv[1] = { NULL };
 	unsigned long opt;
-	llist_t *unset_env;
+	llist_t list, *unset_env;
 	extern char **environ;
 
+	list.data = NULL;
+	list.link = NULL;
+	unset_env = &list;
+
 	bb_opt_complementaly = "u*";
 	bb_applet_long_options = env_long_options;