diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c
index cdbc7448491e127d8c11e599b57314625010b261..845232d7f611f0e69d9696f084dbfc2cdfbe0ccc 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ static void w83795_update_limits(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct w83795_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	int i, limit;
+	u8 lsb;
 
 	/* Read the voltage limits */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(data->in); i++) {
@@ -479,9 +480,8 @@ static void w83795_update_limits(struct i2c_client *client)
 	}
 
 	/* Read the fan limits */
+	lsb = 0; /* Silent false gcc warning */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(data->fan); i++) {
-		u8 lsb;
-
 		/* Each register contains LSB for 2 fans, but we want to
 		 * read it only once to save time */
 		if ((i & 1) == 0 && (data->has_fan & (3 << i)))