diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index be95af64a1f5..c1d54339fa2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ void vxlan_xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ip_tunnel_key key;
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	const struct iphdr *old_iph;
-	struct vxlan_metadata _md;
+	struct vxlan_metadata _md = {};
 	struct vxlan_metadata *md = &_md;
 	unsigned int pkt_len = skb->len;
 	__be16 src_port = 0, dst_port;