diff --git a/src/shared/base-filesystem.c b/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
index 52460cacad..a55b2a017f 100644
--- a/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
+++ b/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ static const BaseFilesystem table[] = {
 
 int base_filesystem_create(const char *root, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
-        int r = 0;
         size_t i;
+        int r;
 
         fd = open(root, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOFOLLOW);
         if (fd < 0)