diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index f3c6d78659b1..6d895d39158a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ static int fallocate_chunk(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	loff_t end = offset + len;
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
-	struct iomap iomap = { };
 	int error;
 
 	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
@@ -893,6 +892,8 @@ static int fallocate_chunk(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 	}
 
 	while (offset < end) {
+		struct iomap iomap = { };
+
 		error = gfs2_iomap_get_alloc(inode, offset, end - offset,
 					     &iomap);
 		if (error)