diff --git a/reactos/lib/shell32/shellpath.c b/reactos/lib/shell32/shellpath.c
index 590b48b0a16..3201c64fb11 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/shell32/shellpath.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/shell32/shellpath.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ static HRESULT _SHGetProfilesValue(HKEY profilesKey, LPCWSTR szValueName,
  */
 static HRESULT _SHExpandEnvironmentStrings(LPCWSTR szSrc, LPWSTR szDest)
 {
-    HRESULT hr;
+    HRESULT hr = S_OK;
     WCHAR szTemp[MAX_PATH], szProfilesPrefix[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
 
     TRACE("%s, %p\n", debugstr_w(szSrc), szDest);