diff --git a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
index eb6eb7206d..e368943494 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ sendDir(const char *path, int basepathlen, bool sizeonly, List *tablespaces,
 				 * If any other type of fork, check if there is an init fork
 				 * with the same OID. If so, the file can be excluded.
 				 */
+				memset(relOid, 0, sizeof(relOid));
 				strncpy(relOid, de->d_name, relOidChars);
 				snprintf(initForkFile, sizeof(initForkFile), "%s/%s_init",
 						 path, relOid);