diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
index 2c910e8211..f780fef3fc 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ void init_handshake_options( handshake_test_options *opts )
     opts->cli_log_fun = NULL;
     opts->resize_buffers = 1;
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_CACHE_C)
+    opts->cache = NULL;
     ASSERT_ALLOC( opts->cache, sizeof( mbedtls_ssl_cache_context ) );
     mbedtls_ssl_cache_init( opts->cache );
 exit: