diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index 3aeba9e2b22c..bdef05b1957b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -1281,6 +1281,7 @@ static int inet_diag_dump_compat(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	req.sdiag_family = AF_UNSPEC; /* compatibility */
 	req.sdiag_protocol = inet_diag_type2proto(cb->nlh->nlmsg_type);
 	req.idiag_ext = rc->idiag_ext;
+	req.pad = 0;
 	req.idiag_states = rc->idiag_states;
 	req.id = rc->id;
 
@@ -1296,6 +1297,7 @@ static int inet_diag_get_exact_compat(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 	req.sdiag_family = rc->idiag_family;
 	req.sdiag_protocol = inet_diag_type2proto(nlh->nlmsg_type);
 	req.idiag_ext = rc->idiag_ext;
+	req.pad = 0;
 	req.idiag_states = rc->idiag_states;
 	req.id = rc->id;