diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 317aa1b90fb9..a6ee5399526b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4445,7 +4445,7 @@ has_buffer:
 static int __ext4_get_inode_loc_noinmem(struct inode *inode,
 					struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
 {
-	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk;
+	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = __ext4_get_inode_loc(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, iloc, 0,
@@ -4460,7 +4460,7 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc_noinmem(struct inode *inode,
 
 int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
 {
-	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk;
+	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* We have all inode data except xattrs in memory here. */