diff --git a/src/lib/libutil/imsg-buffer.c b/src/lib/libutil/imsg-buffer.c
index 318f9184..00e03b9d 100644
--- a/src/lib/libutil/imsg-buffer.c
+++ b/src/lib/libutil/imsg-buffer.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: imsg-buffer.c,v 1.5 2014/12/25 22:20:52 benno Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: imsg-buffer.c,v 1.6 2015/07/03 14:50:14 brynet Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ msgbuf_write(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 
 	bzero(&iov, sizeof(iov));
 	bzero(&msg, sizeof(msg));
+	bzero(&cmsgbuf, sizeof(cmsgbuf));
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(buf, &msgbuf->bufs, entry) {
 		if (i >= IOV_MAX)
 			break;
diff --git a/src/lib/libutil/imsg.c b/src/lib/libutil/imsg.c
index 0c1c782e..cbb08821 100644
--- a/src/lib/libutil/imsg.c
+++ b/src/lib/libutil/imsg.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: imsg.c,v 1.7 2015/06/11 19:25:53 reyk Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: imsg.c,v 1.8 2015/07/03 14:50:14 brynet Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ imsg_read(struct imsgbuf *ibuf)
 	struct imsg_fd		*ifd;
 
 	bzero(&msg, sizeof(msg));
+	bzero(&cmsgbuf, sizeof(cmsgbuf));
 
 	iov.iov_base = ibuf->r.buf + ibuf->r.wpos;
 	iov.iov_len = sizeof(ibuf->r.buf) - ibuf->r.wpos;