diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c
index 6a48009..41a5529 100644
--- a/misc/tune2fs.c
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.c
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ errcode_t rewrite_directory(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t dir,
 
 	ctx.is_htree = (inode->i_flags & EXT2_INDEX_FL);
 	ctx.dir = dir;
+	ctx.errcode = 0;
 	retval = ext2fs_block_iterate3(fs, dir, BLOCK_FLAG_READ_ONLY |
 						BLOCK_FLAG_DATA_ONLY,
 				       0, rewrite_dir_block, &ctx);