diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 930f23dfaa2b..23398ad430a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ int end_extent_writepage(struct page *page, int err, u64 start, u64 end)
 {
 	int uptodate = (err == 0);
 	struct extent_io_tree *tree;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	tree = &BTRFS_I(page->mapping->host)->io_tree;