diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index 795a00b7f2cb..c93588c2d553 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int rds_still_queued(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_incoming *inc,
 int rds_notify_queue_get(struct rds_sock *rs, struct msghdr *msghdr)
 {
 	struct rds_notifier *notifier;
-	struct rds_rdma_notify cmsg;
+	struct rds_rdma_notify cmsg = { 0 }; /* fill holes with zero */
 	unsigned int count = 0, max_messages = ~0U;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	LIST_HEAD(copy);