diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_display.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
index 29ea636885d856c215a0400cc6660e0917cf5220..663ab76c1906b905e8edeffcfaab16e4afca4763 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ class views_plugin_display extends views_plugin {
 
         // Default text.
         // We have some options, so make a list.
+        $output = '';
         if (!empty($options)) {
           $output = t('<p>The following tokens are available for this link.</p>');
           foreach (array_keys($options) as $type) {