diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index 4955e9354..1fec0bb1c 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -4635,6 +4635,7 @@ bdev_comparev_blocks_with_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks = num_blocks;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks = offset_blocks;
 	bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.ext_opts = NULL;
 
 	if (bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_COMPARE)) {
 		bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
@@ -4703,6 +4704,7 @@ bdev_compare_blocks_with_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks = num_blocks;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks = offset_blocks;
 	bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.ext_opts = NULL;
 
 	if (bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_COMPARE)) {
 		bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
@@ -4888,6 +4890,7 @@ spdk_bdev_comparev_and_writev_blocks(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks = num_blocks;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks = offset_blocks;
 	bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.ext_opts = NULL;
 
 	if (bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_COMPARE_AND_WRITE)) {
 		bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
@@ -4938,6 +4941,7 @@ spdk_bdev_zcopy_start(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.zcopy.commit = 0;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.zcopy.start = 1;
 	bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.ext_opts = NULL;
 
 	bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
 
@@ -5012,6 +5016,7 @@ spdk_bdev_write_zeroes_blocks(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channe
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks = offset_blocks;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks = num_blocks;
 	bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.ext_opts = NULL;
 
 	if (bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE_ZEROES)) {
 		bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
@@ -5081,6 +5086,7 @@ spdk_bdev_unmap_blocks(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks = offset_blocks;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks = num_blocks;
 	bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.ext_opts = NULL;
 
 	bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
 	return 0;