diff --git a/bin/linux/fsnotifier b/bin/linux/fsnotifier
index 6075b42a38a8..6db5e802e80d 100755
Binary files a/bin/linux/fsnotifier and b/bin/linux/fsnotifier differ
diff --git a/bin/linux/fsnotifier64 b/bin/linux/fsnotifier64
index ed0854873662..71368b544bda 100755
Binary files a/bin/linux/fsnotifier64 and b/bin/linux/fsnotifier64 differ
diff --git a/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c b/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c
index d71737fee507..443c67a13d97 100644
--- a/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c
+++ b/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void rm_watch(int wd, bool update_parent) {
 
 
 static int walk_tree(const char* path, watch_node* parent, bool recursive) {
-  DIR* dir;
+  DIR* dir = NULL;
   if (recursive) {
     if ((dir = opendir(path)) == NULL) {
       if (errno == EACCES || errno == ENOENT) {