diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_clock.c b/sys/kern/kern_clock.c
index 92175b8ff0cb..2e7ca8b78532 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_clock.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_clock.c
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ sysctl_kern_clockrate(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 	/*
 	 * Construct clockinfo structure.
 	 */
+	bzero(&clkinfo, sizeof(clkinfo));
 	clkinfo.hz = hz;
 	clkinfo.tick = tick;
 	clkinfo.profhz = profhz;
diff --git a/sys/sys/time.h b/sys/sys/time.h
index 5236549e5fa2..5c25eceae97d 100644
--- a/sys/sys/time.h
+++ b/sys/sys/time.h
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ struct itimerval {
 struct clockinfo {
 	int	hz;		/* clock frequency */
 	int	tick;		/* micro-seconds per hz tick */
+	int	spare;
 	int	stathz;		/* statistics clock frequency */
 	int	profhz;		/* profiling clock frequency */
 };