diff --git a/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c b/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c
index a164e56d56..b3d7b714b4 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c
@@ -3000,7 +3000,7 @@ syncrepl_add_glue_ancestors(
 	Backend *be = op->o_bd;
 	slap_callback cb = { NULL };
 	Attribute	*a;
-	int	rc;
+	int	rc = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 	int suffrdns;
 	int i;
 	struct berval dn = BER_BVNULL;