diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c b/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c
index 0a0a66d98cce..f7684483785e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ int nilfs_palloc_freev(struct inode *inode, __u64 *entry_nrs, size_t nitems)
 	unsigned long group, group_offset;
 	int i, j, n, ret;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nitems; i += n) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nitems; i = j) {
 		group = nilfs_palloc_group(inode, entry_nrs[i], &group_offset);
 		ret = nilfs_palloc_get_desc_block(inode, group, 0, &desc_bh);
 		if (ret < 0)