diff --git a/stm-firmware/config-parser/temp-profile-parser.c b/stm-firmware/config-parser/temp-profile-parser.c
index c8b0670..7e5500f 100644
--- a/stm-firmware/config-parser/temp-profile-parser.c
+++ b/stm-firmware/config-parser/temp-profile-parser.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int parse_line(char *line, struct pl_command *cmd)
 	uint8_t token_idx = 0;
 	char *token;
 	const char * const delim = " \t";
-	const struct pl_command_list_map *map;
+	const struct pl_command_list_map *map = NULL;
 	char *endptr;
 	struct pl_command c;
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int parse_line(char *line, struct pl_command *cmd)
 		token_idx++;
 	}
 
-	if (token_idx - 1 < map->expected_param_count) {
+	if (!map || (token_idx - 1 < map->expected_param_count)) {
 		return -3;
 	}