diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index 14153c6da1..324ec2359b 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
   char *pidname= (char *)".http.pid";
   struct httprequest req;
-  int rc;
+  int rc = 0;
   int error;
   int arg=1;
   long pid;