diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index ec2267cbf85f0ce0a13ca817429d2e369e85e6fe..26e2c2305f7aaf4be9c49e41e4a4c932d8141843 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -1106,9 +1106,11 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t payload_len)
 		      sock_flag(rds_rs_to_sk(rs), SOCK_ZEROCOPY));
 	int num_sgs = ceil(payload_len, PAGE_SIZE);
 	int namelen;
-	struct rds_iov_vector_arr vct = {0};
+	struct rds_iov_vector_arr vct;
 	int ind;
 
+	memset(&vct, 0, sizeof(vct));
+
 	/* expect 1 RDMA CMSG per rds_sendmsg. can still grow if more needed. */
 	vct.incr = 1;