diff --git a/fs/befs/datastream.c b/fs/befs/datastream.c
index f6ad38e1520398902f4d2be01007971505ddaacc..e3b31291e3fa2892d13956a4afe93bf8371971aa 100644
--- a/fs/befs/datastream.c
+++ b/fs/befs/datastream.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ befs_read_lsymlink(struct super_block *sb, const befs_data_stream *ds,
 {
 	befs_off_t bytes_read = 0;	/* bytes readed */
 	u16 plen;
-	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	befs_debug(sb, "---> %s length: %llu", __func__, len);
 
 	while (bytes_read < len) {