diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index 02390f1f52..fb83636abd 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -3228,6 +3228,7 @@ static uint16_t nvme_get_feature(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req)
         result = ns->features.err_rec;
         goto out;
     case NVME_VOLATILE_WRITE_CACHE:
+        result = 0;
         for (i = 1; i <= n->num_namespaces; i++) {
             ns = nvme_ns(n, i);
             if (!ns) {