diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
index 6cdc52d50a488a9a372719f7fb5252fa76f85f97..3113822618402f9854e3c83d0aa6af26ffc9dd93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static bool mlx5e_restore_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 chain, u32 reg_c1,
 		struct mlx5_eswitch *esw;
 		u32 zone_restore_id;
 
-		tc_skb_ext = skb_ext_add(skb, TC_SKB_EXT);
+		tc_skb_ext = tc_skb_ext_alloc(skb);
 		if (!tc_skb_ext) {
 			WARN_ON(1);
 			return false;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index bccdb43a880b11b991ddf648eaef3a442f1e6e8d..2c776e7a7692a1386848f350d41d77ee577a6e9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -5090,7 +5090,7 @@ bool mlx5e_tc_update_skb(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe,
 
 	if (mapped_obj.type == MLX5_MAPPED_OBJ_CHAIN) {
 		chain = mapped_obj.chain;
-		tc_skb_ext = skb_ext_add(skb, TC_SKB_EXT);
+		tc_skb_ext = tc_skb_ext_alloc(skb);
 		if (WARN_ON(!tc_skb_ext))
 			return false;
 
diff --git a/include/net/pkt_cls.h b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
index 255e4f4b521f4095f2ab1e60e3b262366b5ff95f..ec7823921bd26ec7e33bfef5b849c347414228fa 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
@@ -709,6 +709,17 @@ tc_cls_common_offload_init(struct flow_cls_common_offload *cls_common,
 		cls_common->extack = extack;
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_TC_SKB_EXT)
+static inline struct tc_skb_ext *tc_skb_ext_alloc(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct tc_skb_ext *tc_skb_ext = skb_ext_add(skb, TC_SKB_EXT);
+
+	if (tc_skb_ext)
+		memset(tc_skb_ext, 0, sizeof(*tc_skb_ext));
+	return tc_skb_ext;
+}
+#endif
+
 enum tc_matchall_command {
 	TC_CLSMATCHALL_REPLACE,
 	TC_CLSMATCHALL_DESTROY,
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 40fbea626dfd2a4ea9f36abfe55210f99c04c2db..279f9e2a2319ad6f026b7cfa4c56be856b4b96a8 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ int tcf_classify_ingress(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* If we missed on some chain */
 	if (ret == TC_ACT_UNSPEC && last_executed_chain) {
-		ext = skb_ext_add(skb, TC_SKB_EXT);
+		ext = tc_skb_ext_alloc(skb);
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ext))
 			return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 		ext->chain = last_executed_chain;