diff --git a/src/output-json-http.c b/src/output-json-http.c
index 5086997eea..2300742073 100644
--- a/src/output-json-http.c
+++ b/src/output-json-http.c
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ OutputCtx *OutputHttpLogInitSub(ConfNode *conf, OutputCtx *parent_ctx)
     LogHttpFileCtx *http_ctx = SCMalloc(sizeof(LogHttpFileCtx));
     if (unlikely(http_ctx == NULL))
         return NULL;
+    memset(http_ctx, 0x00, sizeof(*http_ctx));
 
     OutputCtx *output_ctx = SCCalloc(1, sizeof(OutputCtx));
     if (unlikely(output_ctx == NULL)) {