diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 8eb625318e78..f40e56d44276 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -3336,7 +3336,7 @@ int btrfs_update_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	spin_unlock(&info->delalloc_root_lock);
 
 	while (total) {
-		bool reclaim;
+		bool reclaim = false;
 
 		cache = btrfs_lookup_block_group(info, bytenr);
 		if (!cache) {