diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/farsync.c b/drivers/net/wan/farsync.c
index 3f0c4f2..bcfff0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/farsync.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/farsync.c
@@ -1972,6 +1972,7 @@
 	}
 
 	i = port->index;
+	memset(&sync, 0, sizeof(sync));
 	sync.clock_rate = FST_RDL(card, portConfig[i].lineSpeed);
 	/* Lucky card and linux use same encoding here */
 	sync.clock_type = FST_RDB(card, portConfig[i].internalClock) ==