1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index b89fffc1d777..33e1bed68fdd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int create_path(const char *nodepath)
 {
         char *path;
         char *s;
-        int err;
+        int err = 0;
 
         /* parent directories do not exist, create them */
         path = kstrdup(nodepath, GFP_KERNEL);