diff --git a/usr/src/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/usr/src/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 36b1201..45d6668 100644
--- a/usr/src/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/usr/src/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@ int
 zpool_do_list(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        int c;
-       int ret;
+       int ret = 0;
        list_cbdata_t cb = { 0 };
        static char default_props[] =
            "name,size,allocated,free,expandsize,capacity,dedupratio,"