diff --git a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c
index d049d271699cac36fd1333e4b0de0c9d02f4827c..5babf4013f4bdb4878cc83ac4bb8b16cf95c0276 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int genwqe_setup_sgl(struct genwqe_dev *cd, struct genwqe_sgl *sgl,
  */
 int genwqe_free_sync_sgl(struct genwqe_dev *cd, struct genwqe_sgl *sgl)
 {
-	int rc;
+	int rc = 0;
 	struct pci_dev *pci_dev = cd->pci_dev;
 
 	if (sgl->fpage) {