diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_trace.c b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_trace.c
index 75ef6e9b68c2..dce8140a9b7c 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_trace.c
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_trace.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void qdf_trace_hex_dump(QDF_MODULE_ID module, QDF_TRACE_LEVEL level,
 		return;
 
 	while (buf_len > 0) {
-		unsigned char linebuf[BUFFER_SIZE];
+		unsigned char linebuf[BUFFER_SIZE] = {0};
 		int linelen = min(buf_len, ROW_SIZE);
 
 		buf_len -= ROW_SIZE;