1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 799f86deff24..2fa04ff86703 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set *bs)
 
                 bio_init(bio);
                 if (likely(nr_iovecs)) {
-                        unsigned long idx = 0; /* shut up gcc */
+                        unsigned long uninitialized_var(idx);
 
                         bvl = bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, &idx, bs);
                         if (unlikely(!bvl)) {