diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kstat.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kstat.c
index dbbf72c856..c7f1aadf78 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kstat.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kstat.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ proc_kstat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	f = filp->private_data;
 	f->private = PDE_DATA(inode);
 
-	return (rc);
+	return (0);
 }
 
 static ssize_t