diff --git a/fs/ext4/verity.c b/fs/ext4/verity.c
index 840639e7a7ca..5ece4d3c6210 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/verity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/verity.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int pagecache_write(struct inode *inode, const void *buf, size_t count,
 		size_t n = min_t(size_t, count,
 				 PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(pos));
 		struct page *page;
-		void *fsdata;
+		void *fsdata = NULL;
 		int res;
 
 		res = pagecache_write_begin(NULL, inode->i_mapping, pos, n, 0,