diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index b8655504da29..5d027c04dba6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -5202,7 +5202,7 @@ static int irdma_create_user_ah(struct ib_ah *ibah,
 #define IRDMA_CREATE_AH_MIN_RESP_LEN offsetofend(struct irdma_create_ah_resp, rsvd)
 	struct irdma_ah *ah = container_of(ibah, struct irdma_ah, ibah);
 	struct irdma_device *iwdev = to_iwdev(ibah->pd->device);
-	struct irdma_create_ah_resp uresp;
+	struct irdma_create_ah_resp uresp = {};
 	struct irdma_ah *parent_ah;
 	int err;