diff --git a/net/socket/getsockopt.c b/net/socket/getsockopt.c
index 581edc0438..fb5f7c9d1e 100644
--- a/net/socket/getsockopt.c
+++ b/net/socket/getsockopt.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int psock_socketlevel_option(FAR struct socket *psock, int option,
 int psock_getsockopt(FAR struct socket *psock, int level, int option,
                      FAR void *value, FAR socklen_t *value_len)
 {
-  int ret;
+  int ret = OK;
 
   /* Verify that the sockfd corresponds to valid, allocated socket */