diff -urNp x-ref/fs/inode.c x/fs/inode.c
--- x-ref/fs/inode.c	2003-02-27 08:15:28.000000000 +0100
+++ x/fs/inode.c	2003-03-11 18:22:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct 
 		inode->i_pipe = NULL;
 		inode->i_bdev = NULL;
 		inode->i_cdev = NULL;
+		inode->i_rdev = 0;
 
 		mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 		mapping->host = inode;