diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 908521e36d81ca137abdce89f0c09e2475d1af30..ad9ea06caee07dfe89be0dc8d445f912458fbae4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1734,6 +1734,7 @@ static void __devinit dmi_find_bmc(void)
 	int                  rv;
 
 	while ((dev = dmi_find_device(DMI_DEV_TYPE_IPMI, NULL, dev))) {
+		memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
 		rv = decode_dmi((struct dmi_header *) dev->device_data, &data);
 		if (!rv)
 			try_init_dmi(&data);