diff --git a/libcutils/ashmem-dev.c b/libcutils/ashmem-dev.c
index 8b71f87..3089a94 100644
--- a/libcutils/ashmem-dev.c
+++ b/libcutils/ashmem-dev.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		return fd;
 
 	if (name) {
-		char buf[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN];
+		char buf[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN] = {0};
 
 		strlcpy(buf, name, sizeof(buf));
 		ret = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_NAME, buf);