diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 82fdda8ff5ab82b5298c4b72859e697d8bd1a3d5..2973608824ecacbfaad11a6f0d57460d113a5e47 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6783,7 +6783,7 @@ struct extent_map *btrfs_get_extent(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	u64 extent_start = 0;
 	u64 extent_end = 0;
 	u64 objectid = btrfs_ino(inode);
-	u8 extent_type;
+	int extent_type = -1;
 	struct btrfs_path *path = NULL;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = inode->root;
 	struct btrfs_file_extent_item *item;