diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 1d25a846553b..da3ed54a6521 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ static int ddebug_parse_query(char *words[], int nwords,
 		pr_err("expecting pairs of match-spec <value>\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	memset(query, 0, sizeof(*query));
 
 	if (modname)
 		/* support $modname.dyndbg=<multiple queries> */
@@ -448,7 +447,7 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, unsigned int *flagsp,
 static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string, const char *modname)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = 0, mask = 0;
-	struct ddebug_query query;
+	struct ddebug_query query = {};
 #define MAXWORDS 9
 	int nwords, nfound;
 	char *words[MAXWORDS];