2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 35acc43b897f..da52b4a5db64 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
         struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
         int name_index;
         void *value = NULL;
-        size_t size;
+        size_t size = 0;
         int error;
 
         if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 47a9da2dfb4f..0d21d558b87a 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
         struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
         int name_index;
         void *value = NULL;
-        size_t size;
+        size_t size = 0;
         int error;
 
         if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))