diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/runners/intel_cyclonev.py b/scripts/west_commands/runners/intel_cyclonev.py
index 764ebd7420b..490beca4da8 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/runners/intel_cyclonev.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/runners/intel_cyclonev.py
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class IntelCycloneVBinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
 
         support = path.join(cfg.board_dir, 'support')
 
+        gdb_commands = None
+        gdb_commands2 = None
+        gdb_commands_deb = None
+
         if not config:
             default = path.join(support, 'openocd.cfg')
             default2 = path.join(support, 'download_all.gdb')