diff --git a/share/functions/ls.fish b/share/functions/ls.fish
index c02b8198f..da05d9887 100644
--- a/share/functions/ls.fish
+++ b/share/functions/ls.fish
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function ls --description "List contents of directory"
     # Set the colors to the default via `dircolors` if none is given.
     __fish_set_lscolors
 
+    set -l opt
     isatty stdout
     and set -a opt -F