diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 2f5f2c4c6183..8b3670388cda 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static int
 smb2_reconnect(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	       struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
-	int rc;
+	int rc = 0;
 	struct nls_table *nls_codepage;
 	struct cifs_ses *ses;
 	int retries;