diff --git a/src/lib/mongoBackend/MongoGlobal.cpp b/src/lib/mongoBackend/MongoGlobal.cpp
index b9454d574e..1767138636 100644
--- a/src/lib/mongoBackend/MongoGlobal.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/mongoBackend/MongoGlobal.cpp
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ bool entitiesQuery
   unsigned int docs = 0;
 
   orion::BSONObj  r;
-  int             errType;
+  int             errType = ON_NEXT_NO_ERROR;
   std::string     nextErr;
 
   /* Note limit != 0 will cause skipping the while loop in case request didn't actually ask for any result */