diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index cf68e6e4054a6735694b1ce5bbee30fefbb02899..9c834745159786e5e1d4338f51860be00943a0fd 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
 	if (srose != NULL) {
+		memset(srose, 0, msg->msg_namelen);
 		srose->srose_family = AF_ROSE;
 		srose->srose_addr   = rose->dest_addr;
 		srose->srose_call   = rose->dest_call;