diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c
index 11a45031..d9227a22 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ ostree_builtin_local_clone (int argc, char **argv, const char *repo_path, GError
   context = g_option_context_new ("DEST ... - Create new repository DEST");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
 
+  memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
+
   if (!g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, error))
     goto out;