diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl-status.c b/src/boot/bootctl-status.c
index 1b17712a90..e25cd963ae 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl-status.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl-status.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static int cleanup_orphaned_files(
         _cleanup_(hashmap_free_free_keyp) Hashmap *known_files = NULL;
         _cleanup_free_ char *full = NULL, *p = NULL;
         _cleanup_close_ int dir_fd = -EBADF;
-        int r = -1;
+        int r;
 
         assert(config);
         assert(root);