diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 2b184563cd32..38dcb39051a7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ static int rbd_img_fill_nodata(struct rbd_img_request *img_req,
 			       u64 off, u64 len)
 {
 	struct ceph_file_extent ex = { off, len };
-	union rbd_img_fill_iter dummy;
+	union rbd_img_fill_iter dummy = {};
 	struct rbd_img_fill_ctx fctx = {
 		.pos_type = OBJ_REQUEST_NODATA,
 		.pos = &dummy,