diff --git a/openbis-ipad/BisKit/Tests/CISDOBIpadEntityTest.m b/openbis-ipad/BisKit/Tests/CISDOBIpadEntityTest.m
index 6e5be38c660ed01ca4a1986dd999ff27a9dca0bb..070d457fe5d388b5d6ce183dc522ebeb2239c9ab 100644
--- a/openbis-ipad/BisKit/Tests/CISDOBIpadEntityTest.m
+++ b/openbis-ipad/BisKit/Tests/CISDOBIpadEntityTest.m
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ NSManagedObjectContext* GetDatabaseManagedObjectContext(NSURL* storeURL, NSError
     [connection release];
     NSURL *tempDir = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()];
     self.databaseUrl = [tempDir URLByAppendingPathComponent: @"ipad-test.db"];
-    NSError* error;
+    NSError* error = nil;
     self.moc = GetDatabaseManagedObjectContext(self.databaseUrl, &error);
     STAssertNil(error, @"DB file could not be created:\n%@", error);
 }