diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/templates/stages/deploy-stage.yml b/.azure-pipelines/templates/stages/deploy-stage.yml
index 6c654448a..ee1eaff1d 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/stages/deploy-stage.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/stages/deploy-stage.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ stages:
                 local count=1
                 while [[ "${count}" -le 3 ]]; do
                   # run the command in a way that doesn't disable setting `errexit`
+                  result=0
                   "${@}" || result="${?}"
                   if [[ $result -eq 0 ]]; then break; fi
                   count="$((count + 1))"