diff --git a/components/mm/mm_fault.c b/components/mm/mm_fault.c
index 29b540f0f4..e904e2b5a4 100644
--- a/components/mm/mm_fault.c
+++ b/components/mm/mm_fault.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 static int _fetch_page(rt_varea_t varea, struct rt_aspace_fault_msg *msg)
 {
-    int err;
+    int err = UNRECOVERABLE;
     msg->response.status = MM_FAULT_STATUS_UNRECOVERABLE;
     msg->response.vaddr = 0;
     msg->response.size = 0;