1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/glusterfsd/src/glusterfsd.c b/glusterfsd/src/glusterfsd.c
index c23e83257e1..e854959daf6 100644
--- a/glusterfsd/src/glusterfsd.c
+++ b/glusterfsd/src/glusterfsd.c
@@ -1319,6 +1319,12 @@ glusterfs_ctx_defaults_init (glusterfs_ctx_t *ctx)
                 gf_msg(THIS->name, GF_LOG_CRITICAL, 0, glusterfsd_msg_34);
                 return ret;
         }
+
+        /* reset ret to -1 so that we don't need to explicitly
+         * set it in all error paths before "goto err"
+         */
+        ret = -1;
+
         ctx->process_uuid = generate_glusterfs_ctx_id ();
         if (!ctx->process_uuid) {
                 gf_msg ("", GF_LOG_CRITICAL, 0, glusterfsd_msg_13);