diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index 101eb2ac882..da452e3f10a 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -2336,6 +2336,7 @@ RichTextLabel::RichTextLabel() {
 	tab_size = 4;
 	default_align = ALIGN_LEFT;
 	underline_meta = true;
+	meta_hovering = NULL;
 	override_selected_font_color = false;
 
 	scroll_visible = false;