diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index d5a5f020810afcdf8f6d5d19d1b45960c83589d5..ec318bf434a6c3d890d26060a9c388295bde807e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ static long compat_ipmi_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd,
 		struct ipmi_recv   __user *precv64;
 		struct ipmi_recv   recv64;
 
+		memset(&recv64, 0, sizeof(recv64));
 		if (get_compat_ipmi_recv(&recv64, compat_ptr(arg)))
 			return -EFAULT;