diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ed1e5bfc97b3124476f8feb8b8072022526c6920..c3af82338005437d487b58326f10d9fd523fa2cb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf __read_mostly = {
 	.suppress_frag_ndisc	= 1,
 	.accept_ra_mtu		= 1,
 	.stable_secret		= {
-		.initialized = false,
+		.initialized = true,
 	},
 	.use_oif_addrs_only	= 0,
 	.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0,