diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 28b3f3f53..0471528a3 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ struct llama_server_context
     llama_model *model = nullptr;
     llama_context *ctx = nullptr;
     gpt_params params;
-    llama_sampling_context *ctx_sampling;
+    llama_sampling_context *ctx_sampling = nullptr;
     int n_ctx;
 
     bool truncated = false;