diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 6b7daa45f6bf..8b384cc3b75a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2596,6 +2596,7 @@ cont:
 		}
 		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;