diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index 351c2efceb355cab1f8b63474d0a835f37308fa2..6cba2a02d11bad71c555b236b9beaae8c29b9cfa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ static int create_qp_common(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_pd *pd,
 	struct mlx5_ib_resources *devr = &dev->devr;
 	int inlen = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(create_qp_in);
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = dev->mdev;
-	struct mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp resp;
+	struct mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp resp = {};
 	struct mlx5_ib_cq *send_cq;
 	struct mlx5_ib_cq *recv_cq;
 	unsigned long flags;