diff --git a/Objects/memoryobject.c b/Objects/memoryobject.c
index d06d7e5..754cbc1 100644
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -513,12 +513,11 @@
 		else {
 			/* Return a new memory-view object */
 			Py_buffer newview;
-			PyMemoryView_FromMemory(&newview);
+			memset(&newview, 0, sizeof(newview));
+			return PyMemoryView_FromMemory(&newview);
 		}
 	}
 
-
-
         Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
         return Py_NotImplemented;
 }