diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/GeometryObject.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/GeometryObject.cpp
index 39fc0ae3f9..55cd786d66 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/GeometryObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/GeometryObject.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void GeometryObject::projectShape(const TopoDS_Shape& input,
 
     auto start = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 
-    Handle(HLRBRep_Algo) brep_hlr = NULL;
+    Handle(HLRBRep_Algo) brep_hlr;
     try {
         brep_hlr = new HLRBRep_Algo();
         brep_hlr->Add(input, m_isoCount);