1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/xs_io.h b/xs_io.h
index 8fc5d6f..9c5018e 100644
--- a/xs_io.h
+++ b/xs_io.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ xs_val *xs_readall(FILE *f);
 xs_str *xs_readline(FILE *f)
 /* reads a line from a file */
 {
-    xs_str *s = NULL;
+    xs_str *s = xs_str_new(NULL);
 
     errno = 0;
 
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ xs_str *xs_readline(FILE *f)
     if (!feof(f)) {
         int c;
 
-        s = xs_str_new(NULL);
-
         while ((c = fgetc(f)) != EOF) {
             unsigned char rc = c;