diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index fe277ee5ec7c..5472ed3ce694 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_create(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 		ASSERT(ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFINLINE);
 	}
 	xfs_idata_realloc(dp, sizeof(*hdr), XFS_ATTR_FORK);
-	hdr = (xfs_attr_sf_hdr_t *)ifp->if_u1.if_data;
-	hdr->count = 0;
+	hdr = (struct xfs_attr_sf_hdr *)ifp->if_u1.if_data;
+	memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(*hdr));
 	hdr->totsize = cpu_to_be16(sizeof(*hdr));
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(args->trans, dp, XFS_ILOG_CORE | XFS_ILOG_ADATA);
 }