diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
index c281e40976..040f7fd4dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
@@ -2847,7 +2847,9 @@ static int
 priv_fdir_filter_delete(struct priv *priv,
 			const struct rte_eth_fdir_filter *fdir_filter)
 {
-	struct mlx5_fdir attributes;
+	struct mlx5_fdir attributes = {
+		.attr.group = 0,
+	};
 	struct mlx5_flow_parse parser = {
 		.create = 1,
 		.layer = HASH_RXQ_ETH,