diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 6631fb0782d7..05de3bb7f7c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ static ssize_t outlen_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 {
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = filp->private_data;
 	struct mlx5_cmd_debug *dbg = &dev->cmd.dbg;
-	char outlen_str[8];
+	char outlen_str[8] = {0};
 	int outlen;
 	void *ptr;
 	int err;
@@ -1271,8 +1271,6 @@ static ssize_t outlen_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 	if (copy_from_user(outlen_str, buf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	outlen_str[7] = 0;
-
 	err = sscanf(outlen_str, "%d", &outlen);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;