diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_state.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_state.c
index 16f434791763f01de79cc0bf1d74715384034392..5bdca3d5d6b73b7a9ddd8b155cabaf832d3da30c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_state.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_state.c
@@ -60,11 +60,9 @@ xfrm6_init_temprop(struct xfrm_state *x, const struct xfrm_tmpl *tmpl,
 static int
 __xfrm6_sort(void **dst, void **src, int n, int (*cmp)(void *p), int maxclass)
 {
-	int i;
+	int count[XFRM_MAX_DEPTH] = { };
 	int class[XFRM_MAX_DEPTH];
-	int count[maxclass];
-
-	memset(count, 0, sizeof(count));
+	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		int c;