diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9ab768acfb623f8bbb13870e5f65150a60ecad07..14db6abb2c4209fb5b81def823b6b7b8473fa38d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7936,9 +7936,9 @@ int md_is_badblock(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors,
 		   sector_t *first_bad, int *bad_sectors)
 {
 	int hi;
-	int lo = 0;
+	int lo;
 	u64 *p = bb->page;
-	int rv = 0;
+	int rv;
 	sector_t target = s + sectors;
 	unsigned seq;
 
@@ -7953,7 +7953,8 @@ int md_is_badblock(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors,
 
 retry:
 	seq = read_seqbegin(&bb->lock);
-
+	lo = 0;
+	rv = 0;
 	hi = bb->count;
 
 	/* Binary search between lo and hi for 'target'