diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 456fadb3d819..29822d6dd91e 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(recvfrom, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size,
 	msg.msg_name = addr ? (struct sockaddr *)&address : NULL;
 	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
 	msg.msg_namelen = 0;
+	msg.msg_iocb = NULL;
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, iov_iter_count(&msg.msg_iter), flags);