diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
index c3a593319bee..e8fa326ac995 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ xfs_attr_recover_work(
 	struct xfs_attri_log_item	*attrip = ATTRI_ITEM(lip);
 	struct xfs_attr_intent		*attr;
 	struct xfs_mount		*mp = lip->li_log->l_mp;
-	struct xfs_inode		*ip;
+	struct xfs_inode		*ip = NULL;
 	struct xfs_da_args		*args;
 	struct xfs_trans		*tp;
 	struct xfs_trans_res		resv;