diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index c8404971d5ab..aba4afe4dfed 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -450,12 +450,13 @@ static int rds_still_queued(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_incoming *inc,
 int rds_notify_queue_get(struct rds_sock *rs, struct msghdr *msghdr)
 {
 	struct rds_notifier *notifier;
-	struct rds_rdma_notify cmsg = { 0 }; /* fill holes with zero */
+	struct rds_rdma_notify cmsg;
 	unsigned int count = 0, max_messages = ~0U;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	LIST_HEAD(copy);
 	int err = 0;
 
+	memset(&cmsg, 0, sizeof(cmsg));	/* fill holes with zero */
 
 	/* put_cmsg copies to user space and thus may sleep. We can't do this
 	 * with rs_lock held, so first grab as many notifications as we can stuff