diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index b27ba71..75c968e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1540,8 +1540,8 @@
 			goto cleanup;
 		node2 = (struct dx_node *)(bh2->b_data);
 		entries2 = node2->entries;
+		memset(&node2->fake, 0, sizeof(struct fake_dirent));
 		node2->fake.rec_len = ext3_rec_len_to_disk(sb->s_blocksize);
-		node2->fake.inode = 0;
 		BUFFER_TRACE(frame->bh, "get_write_access");
 		err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, frame->bh);
 		if (err)