diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 1819ad5..62ad2da 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ sysvinit (3.07) released; urgency=low
       This is now fixed as we check both the realpath and symbolic path for processes.
       In other words, "pidof /tmp/sleep" and "pidof /usr/bin/sleep" will return
       the same PIDs when /tmp/sleep is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/sleep.
+    * Fixed memory initialization error in pidof. Fix provided by Markus Fischer.
 
 
 sysvinit (3.06) released; urgency=low
diff --git a/src/killall5.c b/src/killall5.c
index 75750d3..9ab0782 100644
--- a/src/killall5.c
+++ b/src/killall5.c
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ int readproc()
 		/* Try to stat the executable. */
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%s/exe", d->d_name);
                 p->pathname = (char *)xmalloc(PATH_MAX);
+                memset(p->pathname, 0, PATH_MAX);
  		if (readlink(path, p->pathname, PATH_MAX) == -1) {
  			p->pathname = NULL;
  		}