diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 9c3b94e8f03baa7d4138802e01b87e27e511c159..3c74ea729fc79529ed766b98f3e1d2b78bb3da57 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *lo_file,
 	lo->lo_device = bdev;
 	lo->lo_flags = lo_flags;
 	lo->lo_backing_file = file;
-	lo->transfer = NULL;
+	lo->transfer = transfer_none;
 	lo->ioctl = NULL;
 	lo->lo_sizelimit = 0;
 	lo->old_gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);