diff --git a/src/aio/lio_listio.c b/src/aio/lio_listio.c
index 64a6ebc18c486c50e32a10ccaefcd93e2d1eba83..07145dd41656f85592954384a6c1d5252b2218f8 100644
--- a/src/aio/lio_listio.c
+++ b/src/aio/lio_listio.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct lio_state {
 
 static int lio_wait(struct lio_state *st)
 {
-	int i, err, got_err;
+	int i, err, got_err = 0;
 	int cnt = st->cnt;
 	struct aiocb **cbs = st->cbs;