diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
index 20397aba6849..d92967e2e385 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static void uvc_ctrl_fill_event(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
 
 	__uvc_query_v4l2_ctrl(chain, ctrl, mapping, &v4l2_ctrl);
 
-	memset(ev->reserved, 0, sizeof(ev->reserved));
+	memset(ev, 0, sizeof(*ev));
 	ev->type = V4L2_EVENT_CTRL;
 	ev->id = v4l2_ctrl.id;
 	ev->u.ctrl.value = value;
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 8033d6f73501..07bd2008ae4b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ static u32 user_flags(const struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
 
 static void fill_event(struct v4l2_event *ev, struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl, u32 changes)
 {
-	memset(ev->reserved, 0, sizeof(ev->reserved));
+	memset(ev, 0, sizeof(*ev));
 	ev->type = V4L2_EVENT_CTRL;
 	ev->id = ctrl->id;
 	ev->u.ctrl.changes = changes;