diff --git a/src/node_api.cc b/src/node_api.cc
index 880c2d26f7480d..76cc4e9d80f7a6 100644
--- a/src/node_api.cc
+++ b/src/node_api.cc
@@ -2666,6 +2666,7 @@ class Work {
     _data(data),
     _execute(execute),
     _complete(complete) {
+    memset(&_request, 0, sizeof(_request));
     _request.data = this;
   }