diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
index fee6eee7ae5b..006cb2efcd22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ static void be_cmd_hdr_prepare(struct be_cmd_req_hdr *req_hdr,
 	req_hdr->opcode = opcode;
 	req_hdr->subsystem = subsystem;
 	req_hdr->request_length = cpu_to_le32(cmd_len - sizeof(*req_hdr));
+	req_hdr->version = 0;
 }
 
 static void be_cmd_page_addrs_prepare(struct phys_addr *pages, u32 max_pages,