diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f29887e65..27c57b5ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ o The zoneTrans.nse script now takes a "domain" script argument to
   specify the desired domain name to transfer.  You can narrow the
   scope down with the form "zoneTrans={domain=xxx}". [Kris]
 
+o Fixed --script-updatedb "aborting" despite success:
+  http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2008/q2/0623.html
+
 Nmap 4.65 [2008-6-1]
 
 o A Mac OS X Nmap/Zenmap installer is now available from the Nmap
diff --git a/nse_main.cc b/nse_main.cc
index 47522436c..4a2f43a3d 100644
--- a/nse_main.cc
+++ b/nse_main.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int panic (lua_State *L)
 int script_updatedb (void)
 {
   int status;
-  int ret;
+  int ret = SCRIPT_ENGINE_SUCCESS;
   lua_State *L;
 
   SCRIPT_ENGINE_VERBOSE(