diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog b/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
index c023faa7..798b44a9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-19  Benoît Dejean  <tazforever@dlfp.org>
+
+	* mem.c: (glibtop_get_mem_s): Added missing memset( , 0, ).
+
 2004-08-03  Benoît Dejean  <tazforever@dlfp.org>
 
 	* glibtop_server.h: Added next_token(). Changed skip_token(),
diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/mem.c b/sysdeps/linux/mem.c
index 175dbcdb..61b4c4a8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/mem.c
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/mem.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ glibtop_get_mem_s (glibtop *server, glibtop_mem *buf)
 
 	glibtop_init_s (&server, GLIBTOP_SYSDEPS_MEM, 0);
 
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof *buf);
+
 	file_to_buffer(server, buffer, FILENAME);
 
 	buf->total  = get_scaled(buffer, "MemTotal:");