diff --git a/src/lib/lua/lib/lsqlite3.c b/src/lib/lua/lib/lsqlite3.c
index e5386cdf6b5..bf25c3aa61b 100644
--- a/src/lib/lua/lib/lsqlite3.c
+++ b/src/lib/lua/lib/lsqlite3.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int cleanupvm(lua_State *L, sdb_vm *svm) {
 }
 
 static int stepvm(lua_State *L, sdb_vm *svm) {
-    int result;
+    int result = 0;
     int loop_limit = 3;
     while ( loop_limit-- ) {
         result = sqlite3_step(svm->vm);