diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index b09fe21e88ff..2e2e3f378d97 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ static int prctl_set_auxv(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	 * up to the caller to provide sane values here, otherwise userspace
 	 * tools which use this vector might be unhappy.
 	 */
-	unsigned long user_auxv[AT_VECTOR_SIZE];
+	unsigned long user_auxv[AT_VECTOR_SIZE] = {};
 
 	if (len > sizeof(user_auxv))
 		return -EINVAL;