diff --git a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
index 308101d900061106aa717eb00d10d04aa1bd5e97..e16c63997133f37d48c6c406a77a09263948cff2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
@@ -1047,10 +1047,10 @@ int dfs_cache_update_tgthint(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 			     const struct nls_table *cp, int remap, const char *path,
 			     const struct dfs_cache_tgt_iterator *it)
 {
-	int rc;
-	const char *npath;
-	struct cache_entry *ce;
 	struct cache_dfs_tgt *t;
+	struct cache_entry *ce;
+	const char *npath;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	npath = dfs_cache_canonical_path(path, cp, remap);
 	if (IS_ERR(npath))