diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a00808f7be6a..875572a27e58 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2283,6 +2283,7 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
 	if (!data)
 		goto nodata;
 	size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(size);
+	memset(data, 0, nhead);
 
 	/* Copy only real data... and, alas, header. This should be
 	 * optimized for the cases when header is void.