diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
index a07ffd23e4dd67d3e182bd803eb868eaef1bcdf5..f6f6ef436599a6dbd7ecb8c86da4d69dab0a9763 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static void sanitize_boot_params(struct boot_params *boot_params)
 	 */
 	if (boot_params->sentinel) {
 		/* fields in boot_params are left uninitialized, clear them */
+		boot_params->acpi_rsdp_addr = 0;
 		memset(&boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image, 0,
 		       (char *)&boot_params->efi_info -
 			(char *)&boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image);