diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index b6414e1e645b..aa65313aabb8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static int __sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock, int send,
 		       struct iov_iter *iter, int msg_flags, int *sent)
 {
 	int result;
-	struct msghdr msg;
+	struct msghdr msg = {} ;
 	unsigned int noreclaim_flag;
 
 	if (unlikely(!sock)) {
@@ -526,10 +526,6 @@ static int __sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock, int send,
 	do {
 		sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_MEMALLOC;
 		sock->sk->sk_use_task_frag = false;
-		msg.msg_name = NULL;
-		msg.msg_namelen = 0;
-		msg.msg_control = NULL;
-		msg.msg_controllen = 0;
 		msg.msg_flags = msg_flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL;
 
 		if (send)