diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index d1e35b53bb23..e07b3e1f5970 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 	mapping->host = inode;
 	mapping->flags = 0;
+	mapping->wb_err = 0;
 	atomic_set(&mapping->i_mmap_writable, 0);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
 	mapping->private_data = NULL;