diff --git a/fs/ntfs/iomap.c b/fs/ntfs/iomap.c
index 621645fbbf2e..3d1458dea90f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/iomap.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/iomap.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int ntfs_write_simple_iomap_begin_non_resident(struct inode *inode, loff_
 	loff_t vcn_ofs, rl_length;
 	struct runlist_element *rl, *rlc;
 	bool is_retry = false;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	s64 vcn, lcn;
 	s64 max_clu_count =
 		ntfs_bytes_to_cluster(vol, round_up(length, vol->cluster_size));