diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 3109bdf137e4b2ff52c0c744edcf9647fe6960f7..824790bed2f5b321fd1ed7e03af7e5f48f48e4de 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ static void nvme_assign_write_stream(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 static inline void nvme_setup_flush(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 		struct nvme_command *cmnd)
 {
+	memset(cmnd, 0, sizeof(*cmnd));
 	cmnd->common.opcode = nvme_cmd_flush;
 	cmnd->common.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->head->ns_id);
 }
@@ -885,6 +886,7 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_setup_discard(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req,
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	}
 
+	memset(cmnd, 0, sizeof(*cmnd));
 	cmnd->dsm.opcode = nvme_cmd_dsm;
 	cmnd->dsm.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->head->ns_id);
 	cmnd->dsm.nr = cpu_to_le32(segments - 1);
@@ -901,6 +903,8 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_setup_discard(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req,
 static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_write_zeroes(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 		struct request *req, struct nvme_command *cmnd)
 {
+	memset(cmnd, 0, sizeof(*cmnd));
+
 	if (ns->ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_DEALLOCATE_ZEROES)
 		return nvme_setup_discard(ns, req, cmnd);
 
@@ -925,6 +929,8 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 	u16 control = 0;
 	u32 dsmgmt = 0;
 
+	memset(cmnd, 0, sizeof(*cmnd));
+
 	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA)
 		control |= NVME_RW_FUA;
 	if (req->cmd_flags & (REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_RAHEAD))
@@ -993,10 +999,8 @@ blk_status_t nvme_setup_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req)
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = nvme_req(req)->ctrl;
 	blk_status_t ret = BLK_STS_OK;
 
-	if (!(req->rq_flags & RQF_DONTPREP)) {
+	if (!(req->rq_flags & RQF_DONTPREP))
 		nvme_clear_nvme_request(req);
-		memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
-	}
 
 	switch (req_op(req)) {
 	case REQ_OP_DRV_IN:
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
index d95010481fce0049c7cf6270791167e44a878690..bfc259e0d7b87e11b7d9c3b595e413535842c5a7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ int nvme_ns_report_zones(struct nvme_ns *ns, sector_t sector,
 blk_status_t nvme_setup_zone_mgmt_send(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req,
 		struct nvme_command *c, enum nvme_zone_mgmt_action action)
 {
+	memset(c, 0, sizeof(*c));
+
 	c->zms.opcode = nvme_cmd_zone_mgmt_send;
 	c->zms.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->head->ns_id);
 	c->zms.slba = cpu_to_le64(nvme_sect_to_lba(ns, blk_rq_pos(req)));