diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index dbebd8b3127e..6f48dec19f4a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ static void update_super_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	if (!sb_rdonly(sbi->s_sb) && journal) {
 		struct buffer_head *sbh = sbi->s_sbh;
-		bool call_notify_err;
+		bool call_notify_err = false;
+
 		handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle))
 			goto write_directly;