diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 2c90357c34ea..3e4d65445fa7 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long now = jiffies;
 		unsigned long dirty, thresh, bg_thresh;
-		unsigned long m_dirty, m_thresh, m_bg_thresh;
+		unsigned long m_dirty = 0;	/* stop bogus uninit warnings */
+		unsigned long m_thresh = 0;
+		unsigned long m_bg_thresh = 0;
 
 		/*
 		 * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked