diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index c7503fd64..c4687935d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ static struct sctp_chunk *_sctp_make_chunk(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	skb = alloc_skb(chunklen, gfp);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto nodata;
+	memset(skb, 0, chunklen);
 
 	/* Make room for the chunk header.  */
 	chunk_hdr = (struct sctp_chunkhdr *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*chunk_hdr));