diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index 2a2797e2abc5..e397b675b029 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int cuse_parse_one(char **pp, char *end, char **keyp, char **valp)
 static int cuse_parse_devinfo(char *p, size_t len, struct cuse_devinfo *devinfo)
 {
 	char *end = p + len;
-	char *key, *val;
+	char *uninitialized_var(key), *uninitialized_var(val);
 	int rc;
 
 	while (true) {