diff --git a/fpmsyncd/fpmlink.cpp b/fpmsyncd/fpmlink.cpp
index df59d0af85d4..2147f85d7dfe 100644
--- a/fpmsyncd/fpmlink.cpp
+++ b/fpmsyncd/fpmlink.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ FpmLink::~FpmLink()
 void FpmLink::accept()
 {
     struct sockaddr_in client_addr;
-    socklen_t client_len;
+
+    // Ref: man 3 accept
+    // address_len argument, on input, specifies the length of the supplied sockaddr structure
+    socklen_t client_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 
     m_connection_socket = ::accept(m_server_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&client_addr,
                                    &client_len);