diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4fa9a5734b..a3110711d1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ for drv in $audio_drv_list; do
 
     pa)
     audio_drv_probe $drv pulse/simple.h "-lpulse-simple -lpulse" \
-        "pa_simple *s = NULL; pa_simple_free(s); return 0;"
+        "pa_simple *s = 0; pa_simple_free(s); return 0;"
     libs_softmmu="-lpulse -lpulse-simple $libs_softmmu"
     audio_pt_int="yes"
     ;;