diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 8305f2ac6773..c1df3c623de2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ xfs_find_handle(
 	int			hsize;
 	xfs_handle_t		handle;
 	struct inode		*inode;
-	struct fd		f;
+	struct fd		f = {0};
 	struct path		path;
 	int			error;
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip;