diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 2f87a1627f6cff35604f96e8e041cffd9af071ff..38f756f2505389ac5f59eb9ae3921ef72175eea1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	switch (ioctl) {
 	case KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO: {
 		struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo pvinfo;
+		memset(&pvinfo, 0, sizeof(pvinfo));
 		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_get_pvinfo(&pvinfo);
 		if (copy_to_user(argp, &pvinfo, sizeof(pvinfo))) {
 			r = -EFAULT;