diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index f3215028235c..123ac54af071 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -5085,7 +5085,7 @@ static int clone_range(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	int ret;
-	u64 clone_src_i_size;
+	u64 clone_src_i_size = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Prevent cloning from a zero offset with a length matching the sector