diff -up libsoup-2.62.2/libsoup/soup-message-headers.c.coverity-scan-issues libsoup-2.62.2/libsoup/soup-message-headers.c
--- libsoup-2.62.2/libsoup/soup-message-headers.c.coverity-scan-issues	2018-03-23 14:44:54.000000000 +0100
+++ libsoup-2.62.2/libsoup/soup-message-headers.c	2018-06-22 11:25:33.385294057 +0200
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ content_type_setter (SoupMessageHeaders
 {
 	g_free (hdrs->content_type);
 	if (value) {
-		char *content_type, *p;
+		char *content_type = NULL, *p;
 
 		parse_content_foo (hdrs, "Content-Type", &content_type, NULL);
 		p = strpbrk (content_type, " /");
