diff --git a/fs/logfs/journal.c b/fs/logfs/journal.c
index 7a023db..2f2e8e4f 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/journal.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 	struct logfs_journal_header *jh = super->s_compressed_je;
 	u64 ofs, seg_ofs = dev_ofs(sb, segno, 0);
 	u32 h_ofs, last_ofs = 0;
-	u16 len, datalen, last_len;
+	u16 len, datalen, last_len = 0;
 	int i, err;
 
 	/* search for most recent commit */