diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 36795eed40b0..299dbf59f28f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int ovl_copy_xattr(struct dentry *old, struct dentry *new)
 {
 	ssize_t list_size, size, value_size = 0;
 	char *buf, *name, *value = NULL;
-	int uninitialized_var(error);
+	int error = 0;
 	size_t slen;
 
 	if (!(old->d_inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR) ||