diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index 1e0def61beb0..b34ccfd71b0f 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,7 @@ static struct inode *zonefs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	inode_init_once(&zi->i_vnode);
 	mutex_init(&zi->i_truncate_mutex);
 	zi->i_wr_refcnt = 0;
+	zi->i_flags = 0;
 
 	return &zi->i_vnode;
 }