diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index e22c81435ef7..dc65dd4d26df 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ static void virtio_transport_init_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	hdr->dst_port	= cpu_to_le32(dst_port);
 	hdr->flags	= cpu_to_le32(info->flags);
 	hdr->len	= cpu_to_le32(payload_len);
+	hdr->buf_alloc	= cpu_to_le32(0);
+	hdr->fwd_cnt	= cpu_to_le32(0);
 }
 
 static void virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,