diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 47a9da2..0d21d55 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	int name_index;
 	void *value = NULL;
-	size_t size;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	int error;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))