diff --git a/example/ssh2.c b/example/ssh2.c
index a3b9ecec..11b34c7e 100644
--- a/example/ssh2.c
+++ b/example/ssh2.c
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         goto shutdown;
     }
 
+    rc = 1;
+
     /* At this point we have not yet authenticated.  The first thing to do
      * is check the hostkey's fingerprint against our known hosts Your app
      * may have it hard coded, may go to a file, may present it to the
diff --git a/tests/test_ssh2.c b/tests/test_ssh2.c
index 90f19117..a637cdc9 100644
--- a/tests/test_ssh2.c
+++ b/tests/test_ssh2.c
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         } while(1);
     }
 
+    rc = 1;
+
     /* At this point we have not yet authenticated.  The first thing to do
      * is check the hostkey's fingerprint against our known hosts Your app
      * may have it hard coded, may go to a file, may present it to the