diff --git a/libs/libc/misc/lib_utsname.c b/libs/libc/misc/lib_utsname.c
index 07f4b074ff..c14bab0605 100644
--- a/libs/libc/misc/lib_utsname.c
+++ b/libs/libc/misc/lib_utsname.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 int uname(FAR struct utsname *name)
 {
-  int ret = 1;
+  int ret = 0;
 
   /* Copy the strings.  Assure that each is NUL terminated. */