diff --git a/core/ConVarManager.cpp b/core/ConVarManager.cpp
index b920b140..f88f0ac7 100644
--- a/core/ConVarManager.cpp
+++ b/core/ConVarManager.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ Handle_t ConVarManager::CreateConVar(IPluginContext *pContext, const char *name,
 	pInfo->sourceMod = true;
 	pInfo->pChangeForward = NULL;
 	pInfo->origCallback = NULL;
+#if PLAPI_VERSION < 12
+	pInfo->name = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	/* Insert struct into caches */
 	m_ConVars.push_back(pInfo);