diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 89501e8bd2f8..843c33304441 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ xfs_defer_finish_one(
 	const struct xfs_defer_op_type	*ops = dfp->dfp_ops;
 	struct xfs_btree_cur		*state = NULL;
 	struct list_head		*li, *n;
-	int				error;
+	int				error = 0;
 
 	trace_xfs_defer_pending_finish(tp->t_mountp, dfp);