diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 71067d1..2426e71 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1054,10 +1054,11 @@
 {
 	struct nfs_mount_data *data = (struct nfs_mount_data *)options;
 
+	memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args));
+
 	if (data == NULL)
 		goto out_no_data;
 
-	memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args));
 	args->flags		= (NFS_MOUNT_VER3 | NFS_MOUNT_TCP);
 	args->rsize		= NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_SIZE;
 	args->wsize		= NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_SIZE;
@@ -1536,10 +1537,11 @@
 	struct nfs4_mount_data *data = (struct nfs4_mount_data *)options;
 	char *c;
 
+	memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args));
+
 	if (data == NULL)
 		goto out_no_data;
 
-	memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args));
 	args->rsize		= NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_SIZE;
 	args->wsize		= NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_SIZE;
 	args->timeo		= 600;