diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
index 86d51429a189295d9c7418a1273b625a933d9a9b..151e00cad113f5d7c42249e091a844d56955ba49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
@@ -2655,6 +2655,8 @@ static int igb_set_eee(struct net_device *netdev,
 	    (hw->phy.media_type != e1000_media_type_copper))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	memset(&eee_curr, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_eee));
+
 	ret_val = igb_get_eee(netdev, &eee_curr);
 	if (ret_val)
 		return ret_val;