diff --git a/fs/squashfs/namei.c b/fs/squashfs/namei.c
index 66c70fc8c80b..abcc58f3c152 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/namei.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static struct dentry *squashfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct squashfs_dir_entry *dire;
 	u64 block = squashfs_i(dir)->start + msblk->directory_table;
 	int offset = squashfs_i(dir)->offset;
-	int err, length = 0, dir_count, size;
+	int err, length, dir_count, size;
 
 	TRACE("Entered squashfs_lookup [%llx:%x]\n", block, offset);