diff --git a/fs/befs/io.c b/fs/befs/io.c
index 4223b779fcc43afe40fc011b373e2b69a7bc7d83..b4a558126ee1724b0d3bd833f68a1c201833af33 100644
--- a/fs/befs/io.c
+++ b/fs/befs/io.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct buffer_head *
 befs_bread_iaddr(struct super_block *sb, befs_inode_addr iaddr)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	befs_blocknr_t block = 0;
+	befs_blocknr_t block;
 	struct befs_sb_info *befs_sb = BEFS_SB(sb);
 
 	befs_debug(sb, "---> Enter %s "