diff --git a/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/jobs/KUninitializeJob.cpp b/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/jobs/KUninitializeJob.cpp
index 7f0f2f6e27..2dd99cd207 100644
--- a/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/jobs/KUninitializeJob.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/jobs/KUninitializeJob.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ DBG(OUT("KUninitializeJob::Do(%ld)\n", PartitionID()));
 		SetErrorMessage("Couldn't find partition.");
 		return B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND;
 	}
-	return B_OK;
+	// cannot come here
+	return B_ERROR;
 }