diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 231b6c032d2c..d2d6ff0c6265 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ static inline void unix_release_addr(struct unix_address *addr)
 
 static int unix_mkname(struct sockaddr_un *sunaddr, int len, unsigned int *hashp)
 {
+	*hashp = 0;
+
 	if (len <= sizeof(short) || len > sizeof(*sunaddr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!sunaddr || sunaddr->sun_family != AF_UNIX)