diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c
index d9563ddb337eab4e44d052ebd285206b09788f13..746bf5caaffc7989884813b16bc3fd3fce85d0ef 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ static int __init nios2_time_init(struct device_node *timer)
 		ret = nios2_clocksource_init(timer);
 		break;
 	default:
+		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	}