1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
index fb1f9fb9b871..f3442ce29a21 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ static int eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac,
                 return 1;
         }
 
+        lp = dev->priv;
+        /* This points to the transport private data. It's still clear, but we
+         * must memset it to 0 *now*. Let's help the drivers. */
+        memset(lp, 0, size);
+
         /* sysfs register */
         if (!driver_registered) {
                 platform_driver_register(&uml_net_driver);
@@ -358,7 +363,6 @@ static int eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac,
                 free_netdev(dev);
                 return 1;
         }
-        lp = dev->priv;
 
         /* lp.user is the first four bytes of the transport data, which
          * has already been initialized.  This structure assignment will