diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 81e0877237770..fdb1d660bd136 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -3466,7 +3466,8 @@ static int smb3_simple_fallocate_write_range(unsigned int xid,
 					     char *buf)
 {
 	struct cifs_io_parms io_parms = {0};
-	int rc, nbytes;
+	int nbytes;
+	int rc = 0;
 	struct kvec iov[2];
 
 	io_parms.netfid = cfile->fid.netfid;