diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index cd0c7ed06772..aabbb3f53683 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2662,6 +2662,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 		}
 		path[0].p_depth = depth;
 		path[0].p_hdr = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
+		i = 0;
 
 		if (ext4_ext_check(inode, path[0].p_hdr, depth)) {
 			err = -EIO;