diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 13cdb31a3e94..4f514e487e35 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_getattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 			return error;
 	}
 
+	memset(&fa, 0, sizeof(struct file_kattr));
 	error = vfs_fileattr_get(filepath.dentry, &fa);
 	if (error == -ENOIOCTLCMD || error == -ENOTTY)
 		error = -EOPNOTSUPP;