diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 2d2c501deb54e8e88fac474267eac501d9964581..5040220c3732866ad2f9bd7b4c79a81ee8c5883f 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ int nilfs_read_inode_common(struct inode *inode,
 	ii->i_dir_acl = S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ?
 		0 : le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_dir_acl);
 #endif
+	ii->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 	ii->i_cno = 0;
 	inode->i_generation = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_generation);