diff --git a/content/html/content/src/nsTextEditorState.cpp b/content/html/content/src/nsTextEditorState.cpp
index 971b5a5b844c..0e4ac3b94215 100644
--- a/content/html/content/src/nsTextEditorState.cpp
+++ b/content/html/content/src/nsTextEditorState.cpp
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ nsTextEditorState::PrepareEditor(const nsAString *aValue)
 
   bool shouldInitializeEditor = false;
   nsCOMPtr<nsIEditor> newEditor; // the editor that we might create
-  nsresult rv;
+  nsresult rv = NS_OK;
   if (!mEditor) {
     shouldInitializeEditor = true;