diff --git a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/file.c b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/file.c
index 1380c2f4..a1abd74d 100644
--- a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/file.c
+++ b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/file.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ onlp_file_vread(uint8_t* data, int max, int* len, const char* fmt, va_list vargs
         rv = fd;
     }
     else {
+        memset(data, 0, max);
         if ((*len = read(fd, data, max)) <= 0) {
             AIM_LOG_ERROR("Failed to read input file '%s'", fname);
             rv = ONLP_STATUS_E_INTERNAL;