diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
index 6bd9fe565385..faf8c5508997 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
@@ -1591,6 +1591,10 @@ static ssize_t usbtmc_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
+	if (transfersize <= 3)
+		memset(&buffer[USBTMC_HEADER_SIZE + transfersize], 0,
+			aligned - USBTMC_HEADER_SIZE - transfersize);
+
 	dev_dbg(&data->intf->dev, "%s(size:%u align:%u)\n", __func__,
 		(unsigned int)transfersize, (unsigned int)aligned);