diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-common.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-common.c
index 0a3b8ae4a29c6789b400e91a912f90b8ced1a806..b8a62188f6be5906630983ef8fe183c9ba68ef2f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-common.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-common.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static int sm_find_free(void *addr, unsigned begin, unsigned end,
 
 static int sm_ll_init(struct ll_disk *ll, struct dm_transaction_manager *tm)
 {
+	memset(ll, 0, sizeof(struct ll_disk));
+
 	ll->tm = tm;
 
 	ll->bitmap_info.tm = tm;