diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c
index e91b964d7b..4383298aab 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c
@@ -1279,6 +1279,11 @@ DoStartupScript(
   if (FileStringPath != NULL) {
     Status = RunScriptFile (FileStringPath, NULL, L"", ShellInfoObject.NewShellParametersProtocol);
     FreePool (FileStringPath);
+  } else {
+    //
+    // we return success since startup script is not mandatory.
+    //
+    Status = EFI_SUCCESS;
   }
 
   return (Status);