diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index ed6e712d39723354fd15ff66f24f49c0ef4bee4c..410315400755c272a2c0fa487ec46545470af282 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 
 static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	befs_inode *raw_inode = NULL;
 	struct befs_sb_info *befs_sb = BEFS_SB(sb);
 	struct befs_inode_info *befs_ino = NULL;