diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 51cf4781b..ac44cfcc4 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.08 - 
 ================================
+  Fix clvmd_init_rhel4 'status' exit code.
 
 Version 2.02.07 - 17th July 2006
 ================================
diff --git a/scripts/clvmd_init_rhel4 b/scripts/clvmd_init_rhel4
index be16452c9..04c37a6d1 100644
--- a/scripts/clvmd_init_rhel4
+++ b/scripts/clvmd_init_rhel4
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ case "$1" in
 
   status)
 	status clvmd
+	rtrn=$?
 	vols=$( $LVDISPLAY -C --nohead 2> /dev/null | awk '($3 ~ /....a./) {print $1}' )
 	echo active volumes: ${vols:-"(none)"}
-	rtrn=0
 	;;
 
   *)