diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c
index 1e631dc8ff7c..66b12e55d946 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ int bch2_trans_commit(struct btree_trans *trans,
 		      unsigned flags)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
-	struct btree_insert_entry *i;
+	struct btree_insert_entry *i = NULL;
 	unsigned orig_mem_top = trans->mem_top;
 	int ret = 0;