diff --git a/src/runtime/crt/crt_runtime_api.c b/src/runtime/crt/crt_runtime_api.c
index 433ae8ad3457..6d7c010e3757 100644
--- a/src/runtime/crt/crt_runtime_api.c
+++ b/src/runtime/crt/crt_runtime_api.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int TVMModGetFunction(TVMModuleHandle mod,
   if (!strcmp(func_name, "load_params")) {
     *out = &TVMGraphRuntime_LoadParams;
   } else {
-    status -1;
+    status = -1;
   }
   return status;
 }