diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 76284fc538eb..eb50a9e23507 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_buf_acquire(u32 size, gfp_t gfp)

        skb = alloc_skb_fclone(BUF_OVERHEAD + size, gfp);
        if (skb) {
+               pr_info("tipc_buf_acquire\n");
+               memset(skb, 0, sizeof(struct sk_buff));
                skb_reserve(skb, BUF_HEADROOM);
                skb_put(skb, size);
                skb->next = NULL;