diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip_init.c b/src/vnet/ip/ip_init.c
index ddd66c2..638cbd1 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip_init.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip_init.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   ip_main_t *im = &ip_main;
   clib_error_t *error = 0;
 
-  memset (im, 0, sizeof (im[0]));
+  clib_memset (im, 0, sizeof (im[0]));
 
   {
     ip_protocol_info_t *pi;