diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 15432a8473..d4826de76d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+4350.	[contrib]	Declare result in  dlz_filesystem_dynamic.c.
+
 	--- 9.10.4 released ---
 
 	--- 9.10.4rc1 released ---
diff --git a/contrib/dlz/modules/filesystem/dlz_filesystem_dynamic.c b/contrib/dlz/modules/filesystem/dlz_filesystem_dynamic.c
index 35bed58923..cbd5049600 100644
--- a/contrib/dlz/modules/filesystem/dlz_filesystem_dynamic.c
+++ b/contrib/dlz/modules/filesystem/dlz_filesystem_dynamic.c
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ isc_result_t
 dlz_create(const char *dlzname, unsigned int argc, char *argv[],
 	   void **dbdata, ...)
 {
+	isc_result_t result = ISC_R_NOMEMORY;
 	config_data_t *cd;
 	char *endp;
 	int len;
@@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ dlz_create(const char *dlzname, unsigned int argc, char *argv[],
 		dlz_destroy(cd);
 
 	/* return error */
-	return (ISC_R_NOMEMORY);
+	return (result);
 }
 
 void