diff --git a/net/smc/smc_llc.c b/net/smc/smc_llc.c
index 19c8ff7a3609b..f5f6487bb8475 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_llc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_llc.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static void smc_llc_process_srv_add_link(struct smc_link_group *lgr)
 /* enqueue a local add_link req to trigger a new add_link flow */
 void smc_llc_add_link_local(struct smc_link *link)
 {
-	struct smc_llc_msg_add_link add_llc = {0};
+	struct smc_llc_msg_add_link add_llc = {};
 
 	add_llc.hd.length = sizeof(add_llc);
 	add_llc.hd.common.type = SMC_LLC_ADD_LINK;
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ static void smc_llc_add_link_work(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 void smc_llc_srv_delete_link_local(struct smc_link *link, u8 del_link_id)
 {
-	struct smc_llc_msg_del_link del_llc = {0};
+	struct smc_llc_msg_del_link del_llc = {};
 
 	del_llc.hd.length = sizeof(del_llc);
 	del_llc.hd.common.type = SMC_LLC_DELETE_LINK;