diff --git a/net/sctp/inqueue.c b/net/sctp/inqueue.c
index 5c1652181805..c269fb20de6b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/inqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/inqueue.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_inq_pop(struct sctp_inq *queue)
 	/* The assumption is that we are safe to process the chunks
 	 * at this time.
 	 */
-
 	chunk = queue->in_progress;
 	if (chunk) {
 		/* There is a packet that we have been working on.
diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 23e96305cad7..e76413741faf 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ int sctp_packet_transmit(struct sctp_packet *packet, gfp_t gfp)
 	skb_reserve(head, packet->overhead + MAX_HEADER);
 	skb_set_owner_w(head, sk);
 
+	memset(head->data, 0, skb_tailroom(head));
+
 	/* set sctp header */
 	sh = skb_push(head, sizeof(struct sctphdr));
 	skb_reset_transport_header(head);