Fix silly warning

diff --git a/src/switch_cpp.cpp b/src/switch_cpp.cpp
index 18738adde4893416d3b475fe0613530b8b426f4f..ad66210c72a2540547c23ab5fdb06a01de14e566 100644 (file)
--- a/src/switch_cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/switch_cpp.cpp
@@ -251,12 +251,14 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(const char *) API::executeString(const char *cmd)
 {
        char *arg;
        switch_stream_handle_t stream = { 0 };
-       char *mycmd = strdup(cmd);
-
-       switch_assert(mycmd);
+       char *mycmd = NULL;
 
        this_check("");
 
+       mycmd = strdup(cmd);
+
+       switch_assert(mycmd);
+
        if ((arg = strchr(mycmd, ' '))) {
                *arg++ = '\0';
        }