diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
index c8ca3fd67445..69e1efdd4019 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ xfs_scrub_directory(
 	};
 	size_t				bufsize;
 	loff_t				oldpos;
-	int				error;
+	int				error = 0;
 
 	if (!S_ISDIR(VFS_I(sc->ip)->i_mode))
 		return -ENOENT;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
index cc2b8f665416..63a25334fc83 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ xfs_scrub_parent_validate(
 	struct xfs_inode		*dp = NULL;
 	xfs_nlink_t			expected_nlink;
 	xfs_nlink_t			nlink;
-	int				error;
+	int				error = 0;
 
 	*try_again = false;
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ xfs_scrub_parent(
 	xfs_ino_t			dnum;
 	bool				try_again;
 	int				tries = 0;
-	int				error;
+	int				error = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're a directory, check that the '..' link points up to