diff --git a/fs/eulerfs/file.c b/fs/eulerfs/file.c
index d5a743c102e39d0a227e19a788114cfd86de7040..6fa0fd7b3aa7e45e6fb59f77da724a536323db15 100644
--- a/fs/eulerfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/eulerfs/file.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ int eufs_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct eufs_inode_info *vi = EUFS_I(inode);
 	umode_t mode;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	bool inode_is_dirty;
 
 	mode = inode->i_mode;