diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 89eba95375..2be4d03dcf 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -4087,6 +4087,7 @@ static int reload_queues(void)
 				for (var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, cat); var; var = var->next) {
 					if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "member")) {
 						struct member tmpmem;
+						membername = NULL;
 
 						/* Add a new member */
 						ast_copy_string(parse, var->value, sizeof(parse));