1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index e164dddb8e96..e21c119f4f99 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static int __simple_xattr_set(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
                               const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
         struct simple_xattr *xattr;
-        struct simple_xattr *uninitialized_var(new_xattr);
+        struct simple_xattr *new_xattr = NULL;
         int err = 0;
 
         /* value == NULL means remove */