diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index d75897559d18..dc081cf46d21 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Werror=designated-init)
 # Warn if there is an enum types mismatch
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wenum-conversion)
 
+# Explicitly clear padding bits during variable initialization
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fzero-init-padding-bits=all)
+
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wextra
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wunused