diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index e0f7767e4a3d6bf02426836796b8756d5452153a..3ce60e063aae52a527a7ac47b69fdd16bc1904bf 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	switch (msg_type) {
 	case AUDIT_GET:
-		status_set.mask		 = 0;
+		memset(&status_set, 0, sizeof(status_set));
 		status_set.enabled	 = audit_enabled;
 		status_set.failure	 = audit_failure;
 		status_set.pid		 = audit_pid;