diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 7d0a275df822..d53a9aa00977 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = task->mm;
 	struct task_struct *p;
-	bool ret;
+	bool ret = true;
 
 	/*
 	 * Skip tasks without mm because it might have passed its exit_mm and