diff --git a/hw/acpi/ipmi.c b/hw/acpi/ipmi.c
index 7e74ce446001564afdc3d5d8586f3e6eb1e322e1..651e2e94ea965abd4fdb8bfd51ed3fdef1fb0441 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/ipmi.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/ipmi.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ void build_acpi_ipmi_devices(Aml *scope, BusState *bus)
 
         ii = IPMI_INTERFACE(obj);
         iic = IPMI_INTERFACE_GET_CLASS(obj);
+        memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
         iic->get_fwinfo(ii, &info);
         aml_append(scope, aml_ipmi_device(&info));
     }