diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/win32.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/win32.c
index 065da8c90dc..f4867072adc 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/win32.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/win32.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ NTSTATUS
 PsInitWin32Thread (PETHREAD Thread)
 {
     PEPROCESS Process;
-    NTSTATUS Status;
+    NTSTATUS Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
 
     Process = Thread->ThreadsProcess;