diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
index 1670f15ef69e..81fd38f4fbaa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user32(compat_siginfo_t __user *to, const siginfo_t *from)
 
 int copy_siginfo_from_user32(siginfo_t *to, compat_siginfo_t __user *from)
 {
-	memset(to, 0, sizeof *to);
-
 	if (copy_from_user(to, from, __ARCH_SI_PREAMBLE_SIZE) ||
 	    copy_from_user(to->_sifields._pad,
 			   from->_sifields._pad, SI_PAD_SIZE))
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
index 19a7705f2a01..5d7f2634996f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user32(compat_siginfo_t __user *to, const siginfo_t *from)
 
 int copy_siginfo_from_user32(siginfo_t *to, compat_siginfo_t __user *from)
 {
-	memset(to, 0, sizeof *to);
-
 	if (copy_from_user(to, from, 3*sizeof(int)) ||
 	    copy_from_user(to->_sifields._pad,
 			   from->_sifields._pad, SI_PAD_SIZE32))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index d3a831ac0f92..da50e0c9c57e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -966,8 +966,6 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user32(struct compat_siginfo __user *d, const siginfo_t *s)
 
 int copy_siginfo_from_user32(siginfo_t *to, struct compat_siginfo __user *from)
 {
-	memset(to, 0, sizeof *to);
-
 	if (copy_from_user(to, from, 3*sizeof(int)) ||
 	    copy_from_user(to->_sifields._pad,
 			   from->_sifields._pad, SI_PAD_SIZE32))
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
index e8c2c04143cd..c667e104a0c2 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ int copy_siginfo_from_user32(siginfo_t *to, struct compat_siginfo __user *from)
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, sizeof(struct compat_siginfo)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	memset(to, 0, sizeof(*to));
-
 	err = __get_user(to->si_signo, &from->si_signo);
 	err |= __get_user(to->si_errno, &from->si_errno);
 	err |= __get_user(to->si_code, &from->si_code);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 836df8dac6cc..00524cf6c412 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3017,7 +3017,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(rt_sigqueueinfo,
 			int, sig,
 			struct compat_siginfo __user *, uinfo)
 {
-	siginfo_t info;
+	siginfo_t info = {};
 	int ret = copy_siginfo_from_user32(&info, uinfo);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_tgsigqueueinfo,
 			int, sig,
 			struct compat_siginfo __user *, uinfo)
 {
-	siginfo_t info;
+	siginfo_t info = {};
 
 	if (copy_siginfo_from_user32(&info, uinfo))
 		return -EFAULT;