diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
index a90eb31abd59..a80a489a7296 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ kci_test_macsec()
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 kci_test_ipsec()
 {
+	ret=0
+
 	# find an ip address on this machine and make up a destination
 	srcip=`ip -o addr | awk '/inet / { print $4; }' | grep -v "^127" | head -1 | cut -f1 -d/`
 	net=`echo $srcip | cut -f1-3 -d.`