diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1f1aab1cd076..ecb4d105e917 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed ZipArchive::extractTo() and ZipArchive::getFrom*() reporting success
     on corrupted entries. (David Carlier)
 
+- SAPI:
+  . Fixed returns uninitialized value on LiteSpeed lsapi SAPI (Go Kudo)
+
 27 Aug 2026, PHP 8.4.25
 
 - Core:
diff --git a/sapi/litespeed/lsapi_main.c b/sapi/litespeed/lsapi_main.c
index e6dc68954f4e..5d1e37a2b64e 100644
--- a/sapi/litespeed/lsapi_main.c
+++ b/sapi/litespeed/lsapi_main.c
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ void setArgv0( int argc, char * argv[] )
 #include <fcntl.h>
 int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
 {
-    int ret;
+    int ret = 0;
     int bindFd;
 
     char * php_ini_path = NULL;