diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index af1ca875c52ce2..410060ebd86dfd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 			char *initrd, unsigned long initrd_len,
 			char *cmdline)
 {
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
 	void *dtb = NULL;
 	unsigned long initrd_load_addr = 0, dtb_len,
 		      orig_segments = image->nr_segments;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 56444c7bd34eb1..531d348db84d73 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int riscv_kexec_elf_load(struct kimage *image, struct elfhdr *ehdr,
 	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	size_t size;
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
 	const struct elf_phdr *phdr;
 
 	kbuf.image = image;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int elf_find_pbase(struct kimage *image, unsigned long kernel_len,
 {
 	int i;
 	int ret;
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
 	const struct elf_phdr *phdr;
 	unsigned long lowest_paddr = ULONG_MAX;
 	unsigned long lowest_vaddr = ULONG_MAX;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c
index 26a81774a78a36..8f2eb900910b14 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void *image_load(struct kimage *image,
 	struct riscv_image_header *h;
 	u64 flags;
 	bool be_image, be_kernel;
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Check Image header */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index e36104af2e247f..b9eb41b0a97519 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ int load_extra_segments(struct kimage *image, unsigned long kernel_start,
 	int ret;
 	void *fdt;
 	unsigned long initrd_pbase = 0UL;
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
 	char *modified_cmdline = NULL;
 
 	kbuf.image = image;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 4d364de4379921..143e34a4eca57c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 static int kexec_file_add_kernel_elf(struct kimage *image,
 				     struct s390_load_data *data)
 {
-	struct kexec_buf buf;
+	struct kexec_buf buf = {};
 	const Elf_Ehdr *ehdr;
 	const Elf_Phdr *phdr;
 	Elf_Addr entry;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_image.c
index a32ce8bea745cf..9a439175723cad 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_image.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/kexec_image.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 static int kexec_file_add_kernel_image(struct kimage *image,
 				       struct s390_load_data *data)
 {
-	struct kexec_buf buf;
+	struct kexec_buf buf = {};
 
 	buf.image = image;
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/s390/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index c2bac14dd668ae..a36d7311c6683b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int kexec_file_update_purgatory(struct kimage *image,
 static int kexec_file_add_purgatory(struct kimage *image,
 				    struct s390_load_data *data)
 {
-	struct kexec_buf buf;
+	struct kexec_buf buf = {};
 	int ret;
 
 	buf.image = image;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int kexec_file_add_purgatory(struct kimage *image,
 static int kexec_file_add_initrd(struct kimage *image,
 				 struct s390_load_data *data)
 {
-	struct kexec_buf buf;
+	struct kexec_buf buf = {};
 	int ret;
 
 	buf.image = image;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int kexec_file_add_ipl_report(struct kimage *image,
 {
 	__u32 *lc_ipl_parmblock_ptr;
 	unsigned int len, ncerts;
-	struct kexec_buf buf;
+	struct kexec_buf buf = {};
 	unsigned long addr;
 	void *ptr, *end;
 	int ret;