diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 474e7a6bfeb7..4d67ea856067 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	}
 
 	/* Extract key. */
-	ovs_match_init(&match, &new_flow->key, &mask);
+	ovs_match_init(&match, &new_flow->key, false, &mask);
 	error = ovs_nla_get_match(net, &match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
 				  a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
 	if (error)
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	ufid_present = ovs_nla_get_ufid(&sfid, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], log);
 	if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
-		ovs_match_init(&match, &key, &mask);
+		ovs_match_init(&match, &key, true, &mask);
 		error = ovs_nla_get_match(net, &match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
 					  a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
 	} else if (!ufid_present) {
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	ufid_present = ovs_nla_get_ufid(&ufid, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], log);
 	if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
-		ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
+		ovs_match_init(&match, &key, true, NULL);
 		err = ovs_nla_get_match(net, &match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY], NULL,
 					log);
 	} else if (!ufid_present) {
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	ufid_present = ovs_nla_get_ufid(&ufid, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], log);
 	if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
-		ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
+		ovs_match_init(&match, &key, true, NULL);
 		err = ovs_nla_get_match(net, &match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
 					NULL, log);
 		if (unlikely(err))
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index 0fa45439def1..634cc10d6dee 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -767,8 +767,6 @@ int ovs_flow_key_extract_userspace(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 {
 	int err;
 
-	memset(key, 0, OVS_SW_FLOW_KEY_METADATA_SIZE);
-
 	/* Extract metadata from netlink attributes. */
 	err = ovs_nla_get_flow_metadata(net, attr, key, log);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 8efa718ddb5e..ae25ded82b3b 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -1996,13 +1996,15 @@ static int validate_and_copy_sample(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 
 void ovs_match_init(struct sw_flow_match *match,
 		    struct sw_flow_key *key,
+		    bool reset_key,
 		    struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
 {
 	memset(match, 0, sizeof(*match));
 	match->key = key;
 	match->mask = mask;
 
-	memset(key, 0, sizeof(*key));
+	if (reset_key)
+		memset(key, 0, sizeof(*key));
 
 	if (mask) {
 		memset(&mask->key, 0, sizeof(mask->key));
@@ -2049,7 +2051,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_set_tun(const struct nlattr *attr,
 	struct nlattr *a;
 	int err = 0, start, opts_type;
 
-	ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
+	ovs_match_init(&match, &key, true, NULL);
 	opts_type = ip_tun_from_nlattr(nla_data(attr), &match, false, log);
 	if (opts_type < 0)
 		return opts_type;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
index 47dd142eca1c..45f9769e5aac 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ size_t ovs_tun_key_attr_size(void);
 size_t ovs_key_attr_size(void);
 
 void ovs_match_init(struct sw_flow_match *match,
-		    struct sw_flow_key *key, struct sw_flow_mask *mask);
+		    struct sw_flow_key *key, bool reset_key,
+		    struct sw_flow_mask *mask);
 
 int ovs_nla_put_key(const struct sw_flow_key *, const struct sw_flow_key *,
 		    int attr, bool is_mask, struct sk_buff *);