diff --git a/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/BlendType.h b/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/BlendType.h
index 28eebe07789..561c6e8768f 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/BlendType.h
+++ b/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/BlendType.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ template <class PyObj> class BlendType
 {
 public:
 	/// constructor
-	BlendType (const char * name) : m_name(name) {}
+	BlendType (const char * name) : m_name(name), m_objType(NULL) {}
 
 	/// check blender type and return pointer to contained object or NULL (if type is not valid)
 	PyObj *checkType(PyObject *obj)