diff --git a/src/app/clusters/access-control-server/access-control-server.cpp b/src/app/clusters/access-control-server/access-control-server.cpp
index 3d73bd69b37589..81e3f5f1b92157 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/access-control-server/access-control-server.cpp
+++ b/src/app/clusters/access-control-server/access-control-server.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR AccessControlAttribute::ReadAcl(AttributeValueEncoder & aEncoder)
         {
             auto fabric = info.GetFabricIndex();
             ReturnErrorOnFailure(GetAccessControl().Entries(fabric, iterator));
-            CHIP_ERROR err;
+            CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
             while ((err = iterator.Next(entry)) == CHIP_NO_ERROR)
             {
                 ReturnErrorOnFailure(encoder.Encode(encodableEntry));