diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
index ee0790337ec97..6ad4c7a47f5da 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct dma_slave_config slave_config;
 	int ret;
 
+	memset(&slave_config, 0, sizeof(slave_config));
+
 	if (!pcm->config)
 		prepare_slave_config = snd_dmaengine_pcm_prepare_slave_config;
 	else