diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index 4dc514d6..867e5404 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ enum {
 	ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI	= ADDRTYPE_INET | ADDRTYPE_MULTI
 };
 
+static inline void inet_prefix_reset(inet_prefix *p)
+{
+	p->flags = 0;
+}
+
 static inline bool is_addrtype_inet(const inet_prefix *p)
 {
 	return p->flags & ADDRTYPE_INET;
diff --git a/ip/iplink_geneve.c b/ip/iplink_geneve.c
index c6660726..1fcdd83a 100644
--- a/ip/iplink_geneve.c
+++ b/ip/iplink_geneve.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int geneve_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 	bool set_op = (n->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWLINK &&
 		       !(n->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE));
 
-	daddr.flags = 0;
+	inet_prefix_reset(&daddr);
 
 	while (argc > 0) {
 		if (!matches(*argv, "id") ||
diff --git a/ip/iplink_vxlan.c b/ip/iplink_vxlan.c
index 00875ba7..d768c07e 100644
--- a/ip/iplink_vxlan.c
+++ b/ip/iplink_vxlan.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ static void check_duparg(__u64 *attrs, int type, const char *key,
 static int vxlan_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 			  struct nlmsghdr *n)
 {
-	inet_prefix saddr;
-	inet_prefix daddr;
+	inet_prefix saddr, daddr;
 	__u32 vni = 0;
 	__u8 learning = 1;
 	__u16 dstport = 0;
@@ -85,7 +84,9 @@ static int vxlan_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 		       !(n->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE));
 
 	saddr.family = daddr.family = AF_UNSPEC;
-	saddr.flags = daddr.flags = 0;
+
+	inet_prefix_reset(&saddr);
+	inet_prefix_reset(&daddr);
 
 	while (argc > 0) {
 		if (!matches(*argv, "id") ||