diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 5fb341a16b52ccb68601fdcd147052b698bfce85..a142bf3ba1a57f22cbe4d0ea3db472d115bd7c9a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ static int ntfs_prepare_pages_for_non_resident_write(struct page **pages,
 				vcn_len = rl[1].vcn - vcn;
 				lcn_block = lcn << (vol->cluster_size_bits -
 						blocksize_bits);
+				cdelta = 0;
 				/*
 				 * If the number of remaining clusters in the
 				 * @pages is smaller or equal to the number of