diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
index bdb915118006..56e04fdaf209 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static struct lm_list *	lmp_init	(char *);
 #define	iseol(c)	(((c) == '#') || ((c) == '\0') || \
 			 ((c) == '\n') || ((c) == '\r'))
 
-void
+int
 lm_init (void)
 {
 	FILE	*fp;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ lm_init (void)
 	TAILQ_INIT(&lmp_head);
 
 	if ((fp = fopen(_PATH_LIBMAP_CONF, "r")) == NULL)
-		return;
+		return (1);
 
 	p = NULL;
 	while ((cp = fgets(line, MAXPATHLEN + 1, fp)) != NULL) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ lm_init (void)
 		lm_add(p, f, t);
 	}
 	fclose(fp);
-	return;
+	return (0);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.h
index 8228ef8edcb1..f42df44d29e8 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.h
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
-void	lm_init (void);
+int	lm_init (void);
 void	lm_fini (void);
 char *	lm_find (const char *, const char *);
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index e8cbf24cffff..801fa4b2cbe6 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ _rtld(Elf_Addr *sp, func_ptr_type *exit_proc, Obj_Entry **objp)
 
 #ifdef WITH_LIBMAP
     if (!libmap_disable)
-        lm_init();
+        libmap_disable = (bool)lm_init();
 #endif
 
     dbg("loading LD_PRELOAD libraries");