diff --git a/channels/support.py b/channels/support.py
index 23cc085c..5e0da055 100644
--- a/channels/support.py
+++ b/channels/support.py
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ def typo(string, typography=''):
 
 
 def match(item, patron='', patron_block='', headers='', url=''):
+    matches = []
     url = url if url else item.url
     data = httptools.downloadpage(url, headers=headers).data.replace("'", '"')
     data = re.sub('\n|\t', '', data)