diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
index 6bb9602f3477f3d5240d00969796239dc9533c1c..288b871e974b5e1e305a37bf38aa172e64e34f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ int iwl_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_host_cmd *cmd)
 	out_cmd = txq->cmd[idx];
 	out_meta = &txq->meta[idx];
 
+	memset(out_meta, 0, sizeof(*out_meta));	/* re-initialize to NULL */
 	out_meta->flags = cmd->flags;
 	if (cmd->flags & CMD_WANT_SKB)
 		out_meta->source = cmd;