diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/media/ftp.subr b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/media/ftp.subr
index a4bdfbef5e36..62a13e64870a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/media/ftp.subr
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/media/ftp.subr
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ f_media_init_ftp()
 #
 f_media_get_ftp()
 {
-	local dev="$1" file="$2" probe_only="$3"
+	local dev="$1" file="$2" probe_only="$3" hosts=
 
 	f_dprintf "f_media_get_ftp: dev=[%s] file=[%s] probe_only=%s" \
 	          "$dev" "$file" "$probe_only"