diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b3fa84ec1e66..d84c88957f6b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4895768b6aab55bbdbebcf2da090cb1a5ccf5463
+refs/heads/master: b9d6cfdeaf67cc34cdfd53ab234358dd2910a0f4
diff --git a/trunk/fs/xattr.c b/trunk/fs/xattr.c
index f053c1135d0f..014f11321fd9 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/xattr.c
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static int __simple_xattr_set(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
 			      const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct simple_xattr *xattr;
-	struct simple_xattr *new_xattr = NULL;
+	struct simple_xattr *uninitialized_var(new_xattr);
 	int err = 0;
 
 	/* value == NULL means remove */