diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.cpp b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.cpp
index 8fe5ec0166..accd914c99 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.cpp
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.cpp
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ int APP_VERSION::parse_coproc(XML_PARSER& xp) {
 }
 
 int APP_VERSION::parse(XML_PARSER& xp) {
+    clear();
     while (!xp.get_tag()) {
         if (xp.match_tag("/app_version")) return 0;
         if (xp.parse_str("app_name", app_name, sizeof(app_name))) continue;