diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index c172a7a17b17c598bf9ca1163d27bb2f330c99ec..dc32ed8323ba85075190590ae081846ab99bf62a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(struct user_struct *user, unsign
 
 	spin_lock_init(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
 	idr_init(&group->inotify_data.idr);
-	group->inotify_data.last_wd = 0;
+	group->inotify_data.last_wd = 1;
 	group->inotify_data.user = user;
 	group->inotify_data.fa = NULL;