1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sway/criteria.c b/sway/criteria.c
index 286ccc3b..248260ec 100644
--- a/sway/criteria.c
+++ b/sway/criteria.c
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ static void unescape(char *value) {
  * populated with an error string. It is up to the caller to free the error.
  */
 struct criteria *criteria_parse(char *raw, char **error_arg) {
+        *error_arg = NULL;
         error = NULL;
 
         char *head = raw;