diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 33d9ee629b4e0611e3ae84528dba084f6719c423..d4b8db177e27fd304ed81f00ab79c55792202c6b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	struct sctp_chunk *chunk;
 	union sctp_addr to;
 	struct sockaddr *msg_name = NULL;
-	struct sctp_sndrcvinfo default_sinfo = { 0 };
+	struct sctp_sndrcvinfo default_sinfo;
 	struct sctp_sndrcvinfo *sinfo;
 	struct sctp_initmsg *sinit;
 	sctp_assoc_t associd = 0;
@@ -1760,6 +1760,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		/* If the user didn't specify SNDRCVINFO, make up one with
 		 * some defaults.
 		 */
+		memset(&default_sinfo, 0, sizeof(default_sinfo));
 		default_sinfo.sinfo_stream = asoc->default_stream;
 		default_sinfo.sinfo_flags = asoc->default_flags;
 		default_sinfo.sinfo_ppid = asoc->default_ppid;