diff --git a/src/eap_peer/eap_pwd.c b/src/eap_peer/eap_pwd.c
index e58b13a42..5a60b3f74 100644
--- a/src/eap_peer/eap_pwd.c
+++ b/src/eap_peer/eap_pwd.c
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ eap_pwd_process(struct eap_sm *sm, void *priv, struct eap_method_ret *ret,
 				   "fragments!");
 			return NULL;
 		}
+		data->in_frag_pos = 0;
 		pos += sizeof(u16);
 		len -= sizeof(u16);
 	}