diff --git a/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c b/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
index b5e7999c3ce..e8d3601923a 100644
--- a/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
+++ b/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
@@ -1363,9 +1363,8 @@ static void init_request_info(fcgi_request *request)
 							/* PATH_TRANSLATED = PATH_TRANSLATED - SCRIPT_NAME + PATH_INFO */
 							size_t ptlen = strlen(pt) - strlen(env_script_name);
 							size_t path_translated_len = ptlen + (env_path_info ? strlen(env_path_info) : 0);
-							char *path_translated = NULL;
 
-							path_translated = (char *) emalloc(path_translated_len + 1);
+							char *path_translated = (char *) emalloc(path_translated_len + 1);
 							memcpy(path_translated, pt, ptlen);
 							if (env_path_info) {
 								memcpy(path_translated + ptlen, env_path_info, path_translated_len - ptlen);