diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
index ca448bc11..55b8f4016 100644
--- a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
+++ b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
   pid_t pid = grub_util_exec_pipe ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", NULL }, &fd);
   char *line = NULL;
   size_t len = 0;
-  int rc;
+  int rc = 0;
 
   if (!pid)
     {