diff --git a/zebra/ChangeLog b/zebra/ChangeLog
index c3c88e8..9f4bd18 100644
--- a/zebra/ChangeLog
+++ b/zebra/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-01 Andrew J. Schorr <ajschorr@alumni.princeton.edu>
+
+	* rt_netlink.c: (netlink_request) Use memset to clear structure
+	  before calling sendto (eliminates a valgrind error message about
+	  uninitialized data).
 
 2005-09-28 Alain Ritoux <alain.ritoux@6wind.com>
 
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 62d166b..254c3bd 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@
   memset (&snl, 0, sizeof snl);
   snl.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
 
+  memset (&req, 0, sizeof req);
   req.nlh.nlmsg_len = sizeof req;
   req.nlh.nlmsg_type = type;
   req.nlh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_ROOT | NLM_F_MATCH | NLM_F_REQUEST;