diff --git a/embassy-stm32/src/eth/mod.rs b/embassy-stm32/src/eth/mod.rs
index 9f62b61e..b632861b 100644
--- a/embassy-stm32/src/eth/mod.rs
+++ b/embassy-stm32/src/eth/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 mod _version;
 pub mod generic_smi;
 
+use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use core::task::Context;
 
 use embassy_net_driver::{Capabilities, LinkState};
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ impl<const TX: usize, const RX: usize> PacketQueue<TX, RX> {
             rx_buf: [Packet([0; RX_BUFFER_SIZE]); RX],
         }
     }
+
+    // Allow to initialize a Self without requiring it to go on the stack
+    pub fn init(this: &mut MaybeUninit<Self>) {
+        unsafe {
+            this.as_mut_ptr().write_bytes(0u8, core::mem::size_of::<Self>());
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 static WAKER: AtomicWaker = AtomicWaker::new();