diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index a6d42efc76d2..390198d91e6d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int ubifs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct ubifs_budget_req ino_req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
 			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(old_inode_ui->data_len, 8) };
 	struct timespec time;
-	unsigned int saved_nlink;
+	unsigned int uninitialized_var(saved_nlink);
 
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: deletion direntry, new direntry, removing