diff --git a/daemon/worker.c b/daemon/worker.c
index a601a816f..683f93169 100644
--- a/daemon/worker.c
+++ b/daemon/worker.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ worker_handle_request(struct comm_point* c, void* arg, int error,
 	struct query_info* lookup_qinfo = &qinfo;
 	struct query_info qinfo_tmp; /* placeholdoer for lookup_qinfo */
 	struct respip_client_info* cinfo = NULL, cinfo_tmp;
+	memset(&qinfo, 0, sizeof(qinfo));
 
 	if(error != NETEVENT_NOERROR) {
 		/* some bad tcp query DNS formats give these error calls */
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index f37104e55..e6c8e1976 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 29 August 2017: Wouter
 	- Fix #1414: fix segfault on parse failure and log_replies.
+	- zero qinfo in handle_request, this zeroes local_alias and also the
+	  qname member.
 
 28 August 2017: Wouter
 	- Fix #1415: patch to free dnscrypt environment on reload.