diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index 9e71b5a66a0f3ce91ea9b68e886bd1cce642ab19..f9d6a5cd4daa5c1adb97d2300e3bc1243fc167cc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ int kvm_timer_enable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct arch_timer_cpu *timer = vcpu_timer(vcpu);
 	struct timer_map map;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (timer->enabled)
 		return 0;