diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 6c08e5048d38..b8fa8f1a7277 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_heartbeat(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 				       const struct sctp_transport *transport,
 				       __u32 probe_size)
 {
-	struct sctp_sender_hb_info hbinfo;
+	struct sctp_sender_hb_info hbinfo = {};
 	struct sctp_chunk *retval;
 
 	retval = sctp_make_control(asoc, SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT, 0,