diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index ce52bd954df6c44c3b246782283e05c2b8f02788..ead7df066853b8aecbb497e4a8efbf70d828c5c7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int gfs2_dir_write_data(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const char *buf,
 	while (copied < size) {
 		unsigned int amount;
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
-		int new;
+		int new = 0;
 
 		amount = size - copied;
 		if (amount > sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize - o)