diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c b/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c
index fb19deba58cd9..79ca55dc9ba00 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/vfs.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_rename(struct ksmbd_work *work, const struct path *old_path,
 	rd.new_dir		= new_path.dentry->d_inode,
 	rd.new_dentry		= new_dentry,
 	rd.flags		= flags,
+	rd.delegated_inode	= NULL,
 	err = vfs_rename(&rd);
 	if (err)
 		ksmbd_debug(VFS, "vfs_rename failed err %d\n", err);