diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index 47b0b50b71e7..95f6d493d1b9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -2470,15 +2470,12 @@ static int bnxt_re_post_send_shadow_qp(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
 				       struct bnxt_re_qp *qp,
 				       const struct ib_send_wr *wr)
 {
-	struct bnxt_qplib_swqe wqe;
 	int rc = 0, payload_sz = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&qp->sq_lock, flags);
-	memset(&wqe, 0, sizeof(wqe));
 	while (wr) {
-		/* House keeping */
-		memset(&wqe, 0, sizeof(wqe));
+		struct bnxt_qplib_swqe wqe = {};
 
 		/* Common */
 		wqe.num_sge = wr->num_sge;