diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
index 8ce7c347..fef7efe5 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ dns_aws_add() {
     _resource_record="$(echo "$response" | sed 's/<ResourceRecordSet>/"/g' | tr '"' "\n" | grep "<Name>$fulldomain.</Name>" | _egrep_o "<ResourceRecords.*</ResourceRecords>" | sed "s/<ResourceRecords>//" | sed "s#</ResourceRecords>##")"
     _debug "_resource_record" "$_resource_record"
   else
+    _resource_record=""
     _debug "single new add"
   fi