diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 053e78d777f161cfc93c4db20bc70c4e1c1ed71c..9437c2dd45149042a1e92ed8e76f9a223db85388 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ 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);