diff --git a/fs/befs/btree.c b/fs/befs/btree.c
index d5641852c5ff93c84a5cbc9c2253cdaac0254b74..3f1a39166d89fb6cc1d7d0205d58915e4960a4b2 100644
--- a/fs/befs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/befs/btree.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ befs_btree_read(struct super_block *sb, const befs_data_stream *ds,
 {
 	struct befs_btree_node *this_node;
 	befs_btree_super bt_super;
-	befs_off_t node_off = 0;
+	befs_off_t node_off;
 	int cur_key;
 	fs64 *valarray;
 	char *keystart;