diff --git a/fs/btrfs/reflink.c b/fs/btrfs/reflink.c
index 96ef9fed9a65..3a3102bc15a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/reflink.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/reflink.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static int btrfs_extent_same_range(struct inode *src, u64 loff, u64 len,
 static int btrfs_extent_same(struct inode *src, u64 loff, u64 olen,
 			     struct inode *dst, u64 dst_loff)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	u64 i, tail_len, chunk_count;
 	struct btrfs_root *root_dst = BTRFS_I(dst)->root;