diff --git a/TablePlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/TablePlugin.pm b/TablePlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/TablePlugin.pm
index 686264bbea..669ab53a88 100644
--- a/TablePlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/TablePlugin.pm
+++ b/TablePlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/TablePlugin.pm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ sub initPlugin {
     return 0 unless $cgi;
 
     $initialised      = 0;
+    $readyForHandler  = 0;
     $writtenToHead    = 0;
     %pluginAttributes = ();