diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 8cf96bd21341..2c3a86502053 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm, const nodemask_t *from,
 		     const nodemask_t *to, int flags)
 {
 	int busy = 0;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	nodemask_t tmp;
 
 	migrate_prep();