diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 8c85779e9635..83445115a922 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->recov_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->recov_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->recov_gc_writes, 0);
+	atomic_long_set(&pblk->recov_gc_reads, 0);
 #endif
 
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->read_failed, 0);