diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47d40316..517396c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - fix: correct wrong dict key in VMRay _compute_monitor_threads assertion (used thread_id instead of process_id) @williballenthin
 fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
 - fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
+- fix: assign yara_strings/yara_condition to empty string when Some has cmin=0 to prevent UnboundLocalError @williballenthin (SURF-87)
 - fix: parenthesize s_type checks in capa2yara.py so kid.name != "Some" guard applies to And/Or/Not uniformly @williballenthin (SURF-86)
 - fix: correct operator precedence in FeatureRegexRegistryControlSetMatchIncomplete to avoid false positives on unrelated currentcontrolset patterns @williballenthin (SURF-85)
 - fix: FeatureRegexRegistryControlSetMatchIncomplete now checks all Regex features instead of returning after the first @williballenthin (SURF-84)
diff --git a/scripts/capa2yara.py b/scripts/capa2yara.py
index a2df8b75..87614593 100644
--- a/scripts/capa2yara.py
+++ b/scripts/capa2yara.py
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ def convert_rule(rule, rulename, cround, depth):
 
         if not cmin:
             logger.info("this is optional: which means, we can just ignore it")
+            yara_strings = ""
+            yara_condition = ""
         else:
             # this is "x or more". could be coded for strings TODO
             return "BREAK", "Some aka x or more (TODO)", rule_comment, incomplete