diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index f4ea4b6..ed64cca 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@
  */
 int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	int retval;
+	int retval = 0;
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss, *failed_ss = NULL;
 	struct cgroup *oldcgrp;
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root = cgrp->root;