diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
index 7a4bebfdf998e..f939955ba57c8 100644
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void SBDebugger::Initialize() {
 lldb::SBError SBDebugger::InitializeWithErrorHandling() {
   LLDB_INSTRUMENT();
 
-  SBError error;
+  SBError error((Status()));
   if (auto e = g_debugger_lifetime->Initialize(
           std::make_unique<SystemInitializerFull>())) {
     error.SetError(Status::FromError(std::move(e)));
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/DAP/TestBase.cpp b/lldb/unittests/DAP/TestBase.cpp
index 8cb459964f7d8..f4dde9559e9d3 100644
--- a/lldb/unittests/DAP/TestBase.cpp
+++ b/lldb/unittests/DAP/TestBase.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ void DAPTestBase::TearDown() {
 
 void DAPTestBase::SetUpTestSuite() {
   lldb::SBError error = SBDebugger::InitializeWithErrorHandling();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(error.IsValid());
   EXPECT_TRUE(error.Success());
 }
 void DAPTestBase::TeatUpTestSuite() { SBDebugger::Terminate(); }