diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 1a8babb8ee3c4d328af7e08063cef8f147086a10..825021d1008b9a13ee5a3b02ed0a1dd7ce80d0ee 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ static int create_qp(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 	struct ib_srq			*srq = NULL;
 	struct ib_qp			*qp;
 	char				*buf;
-	struct ib_qp_init_attr		attr;
+	struct ib_qp_init_attr		attr = {};
 	struct ib_uverbs_ex_create_qp_resp resp;
 	int				ret;