diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index 2142a649e865..3f268f669cc3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct fib *aac_fib_alloc_tag(struct aac_dev *dev, struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 	fibptr->type = FSAFS_NTC_FIB_CONTEXT;
 	fibptr->callback_data = NULL;
 	fibptr->callback = NULL;
+	fibptr->flags = 0;
 
 	return fibptr;
 }