diff --git a/dkms b/dkms
index 2acb0c63..8eb33e7e 100644
--- a/dkms
+++ b/dkms
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ read_conf()
 
 # Little helper function for parsing the output of modinfo.
 get_module_verinfo(){
-    res=()
+    res=("" "" "")
     local vals=
     while read -a vals; do
     case ${vals[0]} in