diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
index bda791ed8d5a..90eb4c5936f3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ static int create_component(struct vchiq_mmal_instance *instance,
 	m.u.component_create.client_component = component->client_component;
 	strscpy_pad(m.u.component_create.name, name,
 		    sizeof(m.u.component_create.name));
+	m.u.component_create.pid = 0;
 
 	ret = send_synchronous_mmal_msg(instance, &m,
 					sizeof(m.u.component_create),