diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index d03a35d3197e2604cfca43ddc936fb0a8a44bf00..65df7d8be4f587cbc703e3885b6f9a1d4050ffe0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ static void fuse_register_polled_file(struct fuse_conn *fc,
 {
 	spin_lock(&fc->lock);
 	if (RB_EMPTY_NODE(&ff->polled_node)) {
-		struct rb_node **link, *parent;
+		struct rb_node **link, *uninitialized_var(parent);
 
 		link = fuse_find_polled_node(fc, ff->kh, &parent);
 		BUG_ON(*link);