diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a56133902c0d..b658dcbe0698 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2280,6 +2280,7 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
 		gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
 
 	data = kmalloc_reserve(&size, gfp_mask, NUMA_NO_NODE, NULL);
 	if (!data)
 		goto nodata;
+	memset(data, 0, size);
 	size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(size);