diff --git a/sys/kern/sys_socket.c b/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
index 5c10e2217686..3455cfee564c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int
 soo_stat(struct file *fp, struct stat *ub, struct ucred *active_cred)
 {
 	struct socket *so = fp->f_data;
-	int error;
+	int error = 0;
 
 	bzero((caddr_t)ub, sizeof (*ub));
 	ub->st_mode = S_IFSOCK;