diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/nix-prefetch-zip b/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/nix-prefetch-zip
index 76255ab36747..ed643c8e76db 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/nix-prefetch-zip
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/nix-prefetch-zip
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Options:
 }
 
 
+name=""
 argi=0
 argfun=""
 for arg; do