diff --git a/src/kadmin/ktutil/ktutil_funcs.c b/src/kadmin/ktutil/ktutil_funcs.c
index 20a348c..97baff0 100644
--- a/src/kadmin/ktutil/ktutil_funcs.c
+++ b/src/kadmin/ktutil/ktutil_funcs.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ krb5_error_code ktutil_delete(context, list, idx)
     krb5_kt_list lp, prev;
     int i;
 
-    for (lp = *list, i = 1; lp; prev = lp, lp = lp->next, i++) {
+    for (prev = NULL, lp = *list, i = 1; lp; prev = lp, lp = lp->next, i++) {
         if (i == idx) {
             if (i == 1)
                 *list = lp->next;