1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a203bedefe09..64caee46291b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
         if (!data)
                 goto nodata;
 
-        memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, truesize));
+        /*
+         * See comment in sk_buff definition, just before the 'tail' member
+         */
+        memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
         skb->truesize = size + sizeof(struct sk_buff);
         atomic_set(&skb->users, 1);
         skb->head = data;