diff --git a/net/netlink/policy.c b/net/netlink/policy.c
index f6491853c797..2b3e26f7496f 100644
--- a/net/netlink/policy.c
+++ b/net/netlink/policy.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static int add_policy(struct nl_policy_dump **statep,
 	if (!state)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	memset(&state->policies[state->n_alloc], 0,
+	       flex_array_size(state, policies, n_alloc - state->n_alloc));
+
 	state->policies[state->n_alloc].policy = policy;
 	state->policies[state->n_alloc].maxtype = maxtype;
 	state->n_alloc = n_alloc;