diff --git a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsnode.cc b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsnode.cc
index e108e561f4e..f4097bca37f 100644
--- a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsnode.cc
+++ b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsnode.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void TimeSourceDepsNode::tag_update(Depsgraph *graph)
 
 /* Root Node ============================================== */
 
-RootDepsNode::RootDepsNode() : time_source(NULL)
+RootDepsNode::RootDepsNode() : time_source(NULL), scene(NULL)
 {
 }