diff --git a/umac/dfs/core/src/misc/dfs_nol.c b/umac/dfs/core/src/misc/dfs_nol.c
index a02c25eb6500..a56c56b4110d 100644
--- a/umac/dfs/core/src/misc/dfs_nol.c
+++ b/umac/dfs/core/src/misc/dfs_nol.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ void dfs_nol_addchan(struct wlan_dfs *dfs,
 	if (!elem)
 		goto bad;
 
+	qdf_mem_zero(elem, sizeof(*elem));
 	elem->nol_dfs = dfs;
 	elem->nol_freq = freq;
 	elem->nol_chwidth = ch_width;