diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index c6c27bbb43b4..c1eff650aa82 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ int ll_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			int lum_size = (lump->lmm_magic == LOV_USER_MAGIC_V1) ?
 				sizeof(*lump) : sizeof(struct lov_user_md_v3);
 
+			memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f)); /* f.f_flags is used below */
 			f.f_dentry = dentry;
 			rc = ll_lov_setstripe_ea_info(inode, &f, flags, lump,
 						      lum_size);