diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d5d77958b861b9fc29114965a566a7e2dfdd4a84..566344b926b772bb668ea62e15b3ddc641389a96 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 #endif
 	ei->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
 	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	ei->vfs_inode.i_data.writeback_index = 0;
 	memset(&ei->i_cached_extent, 0, sizeof(struct ext4_ext_cache));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);