diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index be5f7a15bc38..6311a7fc5f63 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -4823,7 +4823,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct rtmsg *rtm;
-	struct flowi6 fl6;
+	struct flowi6 fl6 = {};
 	bool fibmatch;
 
 	err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*rtm), tb, RTA_MAX, rtm_ipv6_policy,
@@ -4832,7 +4832,6 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		goto errout;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
 	rtm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	fl6.flowlabel = ip6_make_flowinfo(rtm->rtm_tos, 0);
 	fibmatch = !!(rtm->rtm_flags & RTM_F_FIB_MATCH);