diff --git a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
index 20ed9699fcd4..1b1cf33cbfb0 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static inline void ip6tunnel_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	int pkt_len, err;
 
+	memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm));
 	pkt_len = skb->len - skb_inner_network_offset(skb);
 	err = ip6_local_out(dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev), sk, skb);
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))