diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/redir.c b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/redir.c
index 2aeae9bc6e9..3ada6d2bd3c 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/redir.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/redir.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ INT GetRedirection (LPTSTR s, LPTSTR ifn, LPTSTR ofn, LPTSTR efn, LPINT lpnFlags
 
 	TCHAR * line = s;
 
+ 
 	while (_istspace (*line))
 			line++;
 
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@ INT GetRedirection (LPTSTR s, LPTSTR ifn, LPTSTR ofn, LPTSTR efn, LPINT lpnFlags
 		*ifn=('\0');
 		*ofn=('\0');
 		*efn=_T('\0');
+     nErrorLevel = 9009;
 		return 1;
-	}
+	}  
 #endif
 	/* find and remove all the redirections first */
 	while (*sp)