diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
index fd725cde6ad174bc7048c2e6dd9aa268b061ae6d..4f44b347b24ab2e43a783f20a4c8232561ec120d 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static inline grant_ref_t *__gnttab_entry(grant_ref_t entry)
 static int get_free_entries(unsigned count)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ref, rc;
+	int ref, rc = 0;
 	grant_ref_t head;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&gnttab_list_lock, flags);