diff --git a/streamer/src/recvmmsg.rs b/streamer/src/recvmmsg.rs
index b06ab0c43fc6a0..2006e3ac4bd5a4 100644
--- a/streamer/src/recvmmsg.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/recvmmsg.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ use {
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use {
     itertools::izip,
-    libc::{iovec, mmsghdr, sockaddr_storage, socklen_t, AF_INET, AF_INET6, MSG_WAITFORONE},
+    libc::{
+        iovec, mmsghdr, msghdr, sockaddr_storage, socklen_t, AF_INET, AF_INET6, MSG_WAITFORONE,
+    },
     std::{
-        mem,
+        mem::{self, MaybeUninit},
         net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6},
         os::unix::io::AsRawFd,
+        ptr,
     },
 };
 
@@ -78,16 +81,19 @@ fn cast_socket_addr(addr: &sockaddr_storage, hdr: &mmsghdr) -> Option<SocketAddr
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-#[allow(clippy::uninit_assumed_init)]
 pub fn recv_mmsg(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &mut [Packet]) -> io::Result</*num packets:*/ usize> {
+    // Should never hit this, but bail if the caller didn't provide any Packets
+    // to receive into
+    if packets.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(0);
+    }
     // Assert that there are no leftovers in packets.
     debug_assert!(packets.iter().all(|pkt| pkt.meta() == &Meta::default()));
     const SOCKADDR_STORAGE_SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<sockaddr_storage>();
 
-    let mut hdrs: [mmsghdr; NUM_RCVMMSGS] = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
-    let iovs = mem::MaybeUninit::<[iovec; NUM_RCVMMSGS]>::uninit();
-    let mut iovs: [iovec; NUM_RCVMMSGS] = unsafe { iovs.assume_init() };
-    let mut addrs: [sockaddr_storage; NUM_RCVMMSGS] = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
+    let mut iovs = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); NUM_RCVMMSGS];
+    let mut addrs = [MaybeUninit::zeroed(); NUM_RCVMMSGS];
+    let mut hdrs = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); NUM_RCVMMSGS];
 
     let sock_fd = sock.as_raw_fd();
     let count = cmp::min(iovs.len(), packets.len());
@@ -96,15 +102,25 @@ pub fn recv_mmsg(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &mut [Packet]) -> io::Result</*num p
         izip!(packets.iter_mut(), &mut hdrs, &mut iovs, &mut addrs).take(count)
     {
         let buffer = packet.buffer_mut();
-        *iov = iovec {
+        iov.write(iovec {
             iov_base: buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void,
             iov_len: buffer.len(),
-        };
-        hdr.msg_hdr.msg_name = addr as *mut _ as *mut _;
-        hdr.msg_hdr.msg_namelen = SOCKADDR_STORAGE_SIZE as socklen_t;
-        hdr.msg_hdr.msg_iov = iov;
-        hdr.msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = 1;
+        });
+
+        hdr.write(mmsghdr {
+            msg_len: 0,
+            msg_hdr: msghdr {
+                msg_name: addr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
+                msg_namelen: SOCKADDR_STORAGE_SIZE as socklen_t,
+                msg_iov: iov.as_mut_ptr(),
+                msg_iovlen: 1,
+                msg_control: ptr::null::<libc::c_void>() as *mut _,
+                msg_controllen: 0,
+                msg_flags: 0,
+            },
+        });
     }
+
     let mut ts = libc::timespec {
         tv_sec: 1,
         tv_nsec: 0,
@@ -114,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn recv_mmsg(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &mut [Packet]) -> io::Result</*num p
     let nrecv = unsafe {
         libc::recvmmsg(
             sock_fd,
-            &mut hdrs[0],
+            hdrs[0].assume_init_mut(),
             count as u32,
             MSG_WAITFORONE.try_into().unwrap(),
             &mut ts,
@@ -126,11 +142,35 @@ pub fn recv_mmsg(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &mut [Packet]) -> io::Result</*num p
         usize::try_from(nrecv).unwrap()
     };
     for (addr, hdr, pkt) in izip!(addrs, hdrs, packets.iter_mut()).take(nrecv) {
-        pkt.meta_mut().size = hdr.msg_len as usize;
-        if let Some(addr) = cast_socket_addr(&addr, &hdr) {
+        // SAFETY: We initialized `count` elements of `hdrs` above. `count` is
+        // passed to recvmmsg() as the limit of messages that can be read. So,
+        // `nrevc <= count` which means we initialized this `hdr` and
+        // recvmmsg() will have updated it appropriately
+        let hdr_ref = unsafe { hdr.assume_init_ref() };
+        // SAFETY: Similar to above, we initialized this `addr` and recvmmsg()
+        // will have populated it
+        let addr_ref = unsafe { addr.assume_init_ref() };
+        pkt.meta_mut().size = hdr_ref.msg_len as usize;
+        if let Some(addr) = cast_socket_addr(addr_ref, hdr_ref) {
             pkt.meta_mut().set_socket_addr(&addr);
         }
     }
+
+    for (iov, addr, hdr) in izip!(&mut iovs, &mut addrs, &mut hdrs).take(count) {
+        // SAFETY: We initialized `count` elements of each array above
+        //
+        // It may be that `packets.len() != NUM_RCVMMSGS`; thus, some elements
+        // in `iovs` / `addrs` / `hdrs` may not get initialized. So, we must
+        // manually drop `count` elements from each array instead of being able
+        // to convert [MaybeUninit<T>] to [T] and letting `Drop` do the work
+        // for us when these items go out of scope at the end of the function
+        unsafe {
+            iov.assume_init_drop();
+            addr.assume_init_drop();
+            hdr.assume_init_drop();
+        }
+    }
+
     Ok(nrecv)
 }