diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 15f9d98627a4..6659ce545f15 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int need_atime = NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	trace_nfs_getattr_enter(inode);
 	/* Flush out writes to the server in order to update c/mtime.  */