diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index f5fe16bd426caf0d519d53f53a0904b790c59cdc..d53d6785cba27f5c6442831e51eded9d04b054f3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -7576,7 +7576,7 @@ nfs41_find_root_sec(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 {
 	int err;
 	struct page *page;
-	rpc_authflavor_t flavor;
+	rpc_authflavor_t flavor = RPC_AUTH_MAXFLAVOR;
 	struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *flavors;
 	struct nfs4_secinfo4 *secinfo;
 	int i;