diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 7c6d9acd7154..1869fb973819 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4471,7 +4471,7 @@ xfs_bmapi(
 	xfs_fsblock_t	abno;		/* allocated block number */
 	xfs_extlen_t	alen;		/* allocated extent length */
 	xfs_fileoff_t	aoff;		/* allocated file offset */
-	xfs_bmalloca_t	bma;		/* args for xfs_bmap_alloc */
+	xfs_bmalloca_t	bma = { 0 };	/* args for xfs_bmap_alloc */
 	xfs_btree_cur_t	*cur;		/* bmap btree cursor */
 	xfs_fileoff_t	end;		/* end of mapped file region */
 	int		eof;		/* we've hit the end of extents */