diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 74f2504b939bab8d39daffc466e5c3b5c24a8e2b..ec231170dae7a3204d5ed37f9fd6077be88fc013 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4532,7 +4532,7 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 static int __ext4_get_inode_loc_noinmem(struct inode *inode,
 					struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
 {
-	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk;
+	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = __ext4_get_inode_loc(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, NULL, iloc,
@@ -4547,7 +4547,7 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc_noinmem(struct inode *inode,
 
 int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
 {
-	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk;
+	ext4_fsblk_t err_blk = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = __ext4_get_inode_loc(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, inode, iloc,