diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 33217fc3d697436cc5a82643a9d1fecb0986aac0..e9f0d500448341e0981fbb742b9fa098dc83a8ce 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ static int get_name(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	struct sockaddr_tipc *addr = (struct sockaddr_tipc *)uaddr;
 	struct tipc_sock *tsock = tipc_sk(sock->sk);
 
+	memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
 	if (peer) {
 		if ((sock->state != SS_CONNECTED) &&
 			((peer != 2) || (sock->state != SS_DISCONNECTING)))