diff --git a/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml b/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml
index fb14908..bcbd6b7 100644
--- a/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
         <remove-argument/>
       </modify-argument>
       <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
-        QGraphicsItem *item_;
+        QGraphicsItem *item_ = NULL;
         %RETURN_TYPE retval_ = %CPPSELF.%FUNCTION_NAME(&amp;item_);
         %PYARG_0 = Shiboken::makeTuple(retval_, item_);
       </inject-code>