diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 5db58b8c78d0..77b9e6a07626 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ static ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, lo
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	memset(&kiocb, 0, sizeof(struct kiocb));
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
 	iov_iter_init(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, len);