diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 689f7337a021a..b48e0dc2c22db 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2614,6 +2614,7 @@ 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;