diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index b19bacf..19c129e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@
 	buf->head[0].iov_len = len;
 	buf->tail[0].iov_len = 0;
 	buf->page_len = 0;
+	buf->flags = 0;
 	buf->len = 0;
 	buf->buflen = len;
 }