diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index 91a375f..17fad3b 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@
 	mem = (unsigned long)
 		dt_alloc(size + 4, __alignof__(struct device_node));
 
+	memset((void *)mem, 0, size);
+
 	((__be32 *)mem)[size / 4] = cpu_to_be32(0xdeadbeef);
 
 	pr_debug("  unflattening %lx...\n", mem);