1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
index e5c23445d38b..6912143f6ffe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
@@ -551,6 +551,13 @@ xfs_inobt_insrec(
         xfs_inobt_rec_t         *rp=NULL;       /* pointer to btree records */
 
         /*
+         * GCC doesn't understand the (arguably complex) control flow in
+         * this function and complains about uninitialized structure fields
+         * without this.
+         */
+        memset(&nrec, 0, sizeof(nrec));
+
+        /*
          * If we made it to the root level, allocate a new root block
          * and we're done.
          */