diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3be31c10b4..b24e7b3ab7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-02-07  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt  <pkj at axis com>
+
+	* gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c: (is_multicast_address):
+	Clear the addrinfo struct using memset. Fixes #514937.
+
 2008-02-06  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/tcp/gstfdset.h:
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c b/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c
index eed304920b..8bf1c7cac9 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ is_multicast_address (const gchar * host_name, guint * family)
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   int err;
 
+  memset (&hints, 0, sizeof (hints));
   hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (host_name, FALSE);