diff --git a/src/shared/mainloop.c b/src/shared/mainloop.c
index 09c46a7..e6ab9c4 100644
--- a/src/shared/mainloop.c
+++ b/src/shared/mainloop.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 static int epoll_fd;
 static int epoll_terminate;
-static int exit_status;
+static int exit_status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 struct mainloop_data {
 	int fd;
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ int mainloop_run(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	exit_status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
 	while (!epoll_terminate) {
 		struct epoll_event events[MAX_EPOLL_EVENTS];
 		int n, nfds;