diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index dfe5b66c97e0bc836efed43ad080dec620301306..a5471f804d994ece8c31df6be0e04d5076b6dfd0 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2657,6 +2657,7 @@ static int dev_ifconf(struct net *net, struct compat_ifconf __user *uifc32)
 	if (copy_from_user(&ifc32, uifc32, sizeof(struct compat_ifconf)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	memset(&ifc, 0, sizeof(ifc));
 	if (ifc32.ifcbuf == 0) {
 		ifc32.ifc_len = 0;
 		ifc.ifc_len = 0;