diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index bfbd7e9e949f..ab4e0172cc1d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int ocfs2_map_slot_buffers(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 {
 	int status = 0;
 	u64 blkno;
-	unsigned long long blocks, bytes;
+	unsigned long long blocks, bytes = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;