diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 61fa9e1..6b4a558 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1665,7 +1665,6 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	struct ext4_ext_path *npath = NULL;
 	int depth, len, err;
 	ext4_lblk_t next;
-	unsigned uninitialized = 0;
 	int flags = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext) == 0)) {
@@ -1698,11 +1697,9 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		 * both extents are uninitialized, or both aren't. Thus we
 		 * need to check only one of them here.
 		 */
-		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
-			uninitialized = 1;
 		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex)
 					+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext));
-		if (uninitialized)
+		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(newext))
 			ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);
 		eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
 		nearex = ex;