diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lu_object.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lu_object.c
index 43868ed5cc3d625570f67f98d36fa5174156c056..a02aaa3a3b37c4de8d88d84384c81414f5a76820 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lu_object.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ int lu_site_purge(const struct lu_env *env, struct lu_site *s, int nr)
 	struct cfs_hash_bd	    bd2;
 	struct list_head	       dispose;
 	int		      did_sth;
-	unsigned int start;
+	unsigned int start = 0;
 	int		      count;
 	int		      bnr;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ int lu_site_purge(const struct lu_env *env, struct lu_site *s, int nr)
 	 * Under LRU list lock, scan LRU list and move unreferenced objects to
 	 * the dispose list, removing them from LRU and hash table.
 	 */
-	start = s->ls_purge_start;
+	if (nr != ~0)
+		start = s->ls_purge_start;
 	bnr = (nr == ~0) ? -1 : nr / (int)CFS_HASH_NBKT(s->ls_obj_hash) + 1;
  again:
 	/*