diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index b1f5d0d28335a1bc35ae87ec41e75a3d43ee6c95..9194f17675c8943a2c68a13f1d1ff71a38d8bd6e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ SMB2_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, __le16 *path,
 	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
 	struct kvec iov[SMB2_CREATE_IOV_SIZE];
 	struct kvec rsp_iov = {NULL, 0};
-	int resp_buftype;
+	int resp_buftype = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
 	int rc = 0;
 	int flags = 0;
 
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ SMB2_close_flags(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
 	struct kvec iov[1];
 	struct kvec rsp_iov;
-	int resp_buftype;
+	int resp_buftype = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Close\n");
@@ -2723,7 +2723,7 @@ query_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	struct kvec iov[1];
 	struct kvec rsp_iov;
 	int rc = 0;
-	int resp_buftype;
+	int resp_buftype = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
 	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
 	int flags = 0;