diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1
index 3e3317d0450..91100912e44 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ $psversion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major
 Set-Attr $result.ansible_facts "ansible_powershell_version" $psversion
 
 $winrm_https_listener_parent_path = Get-ChildItem -Path WSMan:\localhost\Listener -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.PSChildName -eq "Transport" -and $_.Value -eq "HTTPS"} | select PSParentPath
+$winrm_https_listener_path = $null
 
 if ($winrm_https_listener_parent_path ) {
     $winrm_https_listener_path = $winrm_https_listener_parent_path.PSParentPath.Substring($winrm_https_listener_parent_path.PSParentPath.LastIndexOf("\"))