diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 735abf426a06..96050028d91b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -94,14 +94,11 @@ static struct inode *fuse_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!fi)
 		return NULL;
 
-	fi->i_time = 0;
+	/* Initialize private data (i.e. everything except fi->inode) */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct fuse_inode, inode) != 0);
+	memset((void *) fi + sizeof(fi->inode), 0, sizeof(*fi) - sizeof(fi->inode));
+
 	fi->inval_mask = ~0;
-	fi->nodeid = 0;
-	fi->nlookup = 0;
-	fi->attr_version = 0;
-	fi->orig_ino = 0;
-	fi->state = 0;
-	fi->submount_lookup = NULL;
 	mutex_init(&fi->mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&fi->lock);
 	fi->forget = fuse_alloc_forget();