diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index 1b07578bedf3..9350530c16c1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ struct ip_vs_sync_buff {
  */
 static void ntoh_seq(struct ip_vs_seq *no, struct ip_vs_seq *ho)
 {
+	memset(ho, 0, sizeof(*ho));
 	ho->init_seq       = get_unaligned_be32(&no->init_seq);
 	ho->delta          = get_unaligned_be32(&no->delta);
 	ho->previous_delta = get_unaligned_be32(&no->previous_delta);
@@ -917,8 +918,10 @@ static void ip_vs_proc_conn(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_conn_param *pa
 			kfree(param->pe_data);
 	}
 
-	if (opt)
-		memcpy(&cp->in_seq, opt, sizeof(*opt));
+	if (opt) {
+		cp->in_seq = opt->in_seq;
+		cp->out_seq = opt->out_seq;
+	}
 	atomic_set(&cp->in_pkts, sysctl_sync_threshold(ipvs));
 	cp->state = state;
 	cp->old_state = cp->state;