diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_buffer.c
index 5b28a3ffcc3d..48291203d1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_buffer.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ int st_lsm6dsx_read_tagged_fifo(struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw)
 	 * must be passed a buffer that is aligned to 8 bytes so
 	 * as to allow insertion of a naturally aligned timestamp.
 	 */
-	u8 iio_buff[ST_LSM6DSX_IIO_BUFF_SIZE] __aligned(8);
+	u8 iio_buff[ST_LSM6DSX_IIO_BUFF_SIZE] __aligned(8) = { };
 	u8 tag;
 	bool reset_ts = false;
 	int i, err, read_len;