diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4d2629781e8b..c2339b865164 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3758,6 +3758,9 @@ static int rtnl_fill_statsinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	ifsm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	ifsm->family = PF_UNSPEC;
+	ifsm->pad1 = 0;
+	ifsm->pad2 = 0;
 	ifsm->ifindex = dev->ifindex;
 	ifsm->filter_mask = filter_mask;