diff --git a/tests/test-wrap-argv.pl b/tests/test-wrap-argv.pl
index 289815680d6c13399d817ec81b2a920cba99cb96..f0d3c0ba2d109651f8eefbae6ce3a6025f004e18 100755
--- a/tests/test-wrap-argv.pl
+++ b/tests/test-wrap-argv.pl
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ if (@ARGV[0] eq "--in-place") {
     shift @ARGV;
 }
 
+$ret = 0;
 foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
-    $ret = 0;
     if (&rewrap($file) < 0) {
         $ret = 1;
     }