diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
index 91013d5b61..80f63c34dd 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -3800,7 +3800,7 @@ gst_validate_scenario_load (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
 {
   gchar **scenarios = NULL;
   guint i;
-  gboolean found_actions = FALSE, is_config, ret = TRUE;
+  gboolean found_actions = FALSE, is_config, ret = FALSE;
   gchar **include_paths = gst_validate_scenario_get_include_paths (NULL);
 
   if (!scenario_name)
@@ -3812,6 +3812,8 @@ gst_validate_scenario_load (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
     guint include_i;
     gchar *lfilename = NULL, *tldir = NULL, *scenario_file = NULL;
 
+    ret = FALSE;
+
     /* First check if the scenario name is not a full path to the
      * actual scenario */
     if (g_file_test (scenarios[i], G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {