diff --git a/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
index d07d7c45f899..18de8a763209 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
@@ -6078,7 +6078,7 @@ int smb2_write(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 {
 	struct smb2_write_req *req;
 	struct smb2_write_rsp *rsp, *rsp_org;
-	struct ksmbd_file *fp;
+	struct ksmbd_file *fp = NULL;
 	loff_t offset;
 	size_t length;
 	ssize_t nbytes;