diff --git a/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs b/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs
index f189136b52e..6c43dc14e42 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/blocking.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Blocking<T> {
 pub(crate) struct Buf {
     buf: Vec<u8>,
     pos: usize,
+    init_len: usize,
 }
 
 pub(crate) const DEFAULT_MAX_BUF_SIZE: usize = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ impl Buf {
         Buf {
             buf: Vec::with_capacity(n),
             pos: 0,
+            init_len: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ impl Buf {
         let n = cmp::min(src.len(), max_buf_size);
 
         self.buf.extend_from_slice(&src[..n]);
+        self.init_len = cmp::max(self.init_len, self.buf.len());
         n
     }
 
@@ -236,6 +239,18 @@ impl Buf {
             self.buf.reserve(len - self.buf.len());
         }
 
+        if self.init_len < len {
+            debug_assert!(self.init_len < self.buf.capacity(), "init_len of Vec is bigger than the capacity");
+            debug_assert!(len <= self.buf.capacity(), "uninit area of Vec is bigger than the capacity");
+
+            let uninit_len = len - self.init_len;
+            // SAFETY: the area is within the allocation of the Vec
+            unsafe {
+                self.buf.as_mut_ptr().add(self.init_len).write_bytes(0, uninit_len);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: `len` is within the capacity and is init
         unsafe {
             self.buf.set_len(len);
         }
@@ -287,6 +302,7 @@ cfg_fs! {
                 self.buf.extend_from_slice(&buf[..len]);
                 rem -= len;
             }
+            self.init_len = cmp::max(self.init_len, self.buf.len());
 
             max_buf_size - rem
         }