diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index cb78aa00399e..ed6d873ad384 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_expect(struct nlattr *cda[], u_int8_t u3, u32 pid, int report)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	exp->class = 0;
 	exp->expectfn = NULL;
 	exp->flags = 0;
 	exp->master = ct;