diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 0d06ec25e21e0a496937bddc53263580201c1cca..d82eb1b2164f3df7eda0d2cdd9bbc7311b51787f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ void nfs_fattr_init(struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 	fattr->gencount = nfs_inc_attr_generation_counter();
 	fattr->owner_name = NULL;
 	fattr->group_name = NULL;
+	fattr->mdsthreshold = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_fattr_init);