diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c
index 790adfc2f80b2b..4142e3ce70ff81 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c
@@ -2025,6 +2025,8 @@ mono_assembly_request_load_from (MonoImage *image, const char *fname,
 		mono_image_fixup_vtable (image);
 #endif
 
+	*status = MONO_IMAGE_OK;
+
 	mono_assembly_invoke_load_hook_internal (req->alc, ass);
 
 	MONO_PROFILER_RAISE (assembly_loaded, (ass));