diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 3950693dd0f6..245db4f504da 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode, u32 logical_start,
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
-	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted why;
+	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted why = RESTART_NONE;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 	int did_quota = 0;