diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 3c78e1e8b2ad..049ba132f7ef 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ void *radix_tree_tag_clear(struct radix_tree_root *root,
 {
 	struct radix_tree_node *node, *parent;
 	unsigned long maxindex;
-	int offset;
+	int offset = 0;
 
 	radix_tree_load_root(root, &node, &maxindex);
 	if (index > maxindex)