diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0ec7a39ff1ca..a4a6b030305e 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ 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();