diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
index 341a5a133f4837b98f5c9928865ccf6d088af419..035c89b7df5d81208299fbf19b6d6deaae1e9baf 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
@@ -269,8 +269,10 @@ static inline unsigned long copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, un
 		if (!__builtin_constant_p(n))
 			check_object_size(to, n, false);
 		return __copy_user((__force void __user *) to, from, n);
-	} else
+	} else {
+		memset(to, 0, n);
 		return n;
+	}
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)