diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c
index fdbed3158555..d14b2dbbd1df 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int nf_br_ip_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 	ktime_t tstamp = skb->tstamp;
 	struct ip_frag_state state;
 	struct iphdr *iph;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	/* for offloaded checksums cleanup checksum before fragmentation */
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&