diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index c61c32cf0f71..6462c29d2d37 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ int btrfs_delayed_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	delayed_node = btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(delayed_node))