diff --git a/src/execute.c b/src/execute.c
index e1894aa5..b6810dd8 100644
--- a/src/execute.c
+++ b/src/execute.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,9 @@ jq_state *jq_init(void) {
   jq->exit_code = jv_invalid();
   jq->error_message = jv_invalid();
 
+  jq->input_cb = NULL;
+  jq->input_cb_data = NULL;
+
   jq->err_cb = default_err_cb;
   jq->err_cb_data = stderr;
 
diff --git a/tests/jq.test b/tests/jq.test
index ebaefdb8..21eabb06 100644
--- a/tests/jq.test
+++ b/tests/jq.test
@@ -1818,3 +1818,10 @@ true
 tojson | fromjson
 {"a":nan}
 {"a":null}
+
+
+# calling input/1 in a test doesn't crash jq
+
+try input catch .
+null
+"break"