diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index 8224675f8de2..b33004a4bcb5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ static void *nvme_add_user_metadata(struct request *req, void __user *ubuf,
 	if (!buf)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = -EFAULT;
-	if ((req_op(req) == REQ_OP_DRV_OUT) && copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, len))
-		goto out_free_meta;
+	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_DRV_OUT) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, len))
+			goto out_free_meta;
+	} else {
+		memset(buf, 0, len);
+	}
 
 	bip = bio_integrity_alloc(bio, GFP_KERNEL, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(bip)) {