diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index eb549a66a748..09922258f5a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@ 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);