diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index ba320e250747..d1a27cda984f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_get(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
 	size_t size;
-	int ret = -ENODATA, name_offset, name_len, block_off, i;
+	int ret = -ENODATA, name_offset, name_len, i;
+	int uninitialized_var(block_off);
 
 	xs->bucket = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_new(inode);
 	if (!xs->bucket) {