diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 25dc77ccbf5876f3bbf27100fdd7b77be3c01a02..3f5be35dea25df45c6e0bf3f556a2d5027b51062 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ static int add_recvbuf_small(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp)
 	struct scatterlist sg[2];
 	int err;
 
+	sg_init_table(sg, 2);
 	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(vi->dev, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ static int add_recvbuf_big(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp)
 	char *p;
 	int i, err, offset;
 
+	sg_init_table(sg, MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2);
 	/* page in sg[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1] is list tail */
 	for (i = MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1; i > 1; --i) {
 		first = get_a_page(vi, gfp);