diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 59e8e17d8da9..2276a0704a63 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ static int tipc_add_tlv(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 type, void *data, u16 len)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	skb_put(skb, TLV_SPACE(len));
+	memset(tlv, 0, TLV_SPACE(len));
 	tlv->tlv_type = htons(type);
 	tlv->tlv_len = htons(TLV_LENGTH(len));
 	if (len && data)