--- /dev/null
+--- a/libc/inet/resolv.c
++++ b/libc/inet/resolv.c
+@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ void sethostent (int stay_open)
+ int gethostent_r(struct hostent *result_buf, char *buf, size_t buflen,
+ struct hostent **result, int *h_errnop)
+ {
+- int ret;
++ int ret = HOST_NOT_FOUND;
+
+ __UCLIBC_MUTEX_LOCK(mylock);
+ if (__gethostent_fp == NULL) {