diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_bsg.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_bsg.c
index e2d5d3ca0f57c57307b1cbf202f6e358f999801b..c11a89be292c83036a020442e3689181cb8e2809 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_bsg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_bsg.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ qla84xx_updatefw(struct bsg_job *bsg_job)
 	sg_copy_to_buffer(bsg_job->request_payload.sg_list,
 		bsg_job->request_payload.sg_cnt, fw_buf, data_len);
 
-	mn = dma_pool_alloc(ha->s_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, &mn_dma);
+	mn = dma_pool_zalloc(ha->s_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, &mn_dma);
 	if (!mn) {
 		ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x7036,
 		    "DMA alloc failed for fw buffer.\n");
@@ -1046,7 +1046,6 @@ qla84xx_updatefw(struct bsg_job *bsg_job)
 	flag = bsg_request->rqst_data.h_vendor.vendor_cmd[1];
 	fw_ver = le32_to_cpu(*((uint32_t *)((uint32_t *)fw_buf + 2)));
 
-	memset(mn, 0, sizeof(struct access_chip_84xx));
 	mn->entry_type = VERIFY_CHIP_IOCB_TYPE;
 	mn->entry_count = 1;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
index e62ccd9318535fe6f05a9795bfe59750431f4a1b..a4edbecfaf968f8ad56523d718539c7ca9494992 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,6 @@ qla24xx_build_scsi_crc_2_iocbs(srb_t *sp, struct cmd_type_crc_2 *cmd_pkt,
 	uint32_t		dif_bytes;
 	uint8_t			bundling = 1;
 	uint16_t		blk_size;
-	uint8_t			*clr_ptr;
 	struct crc_context	*crc_ctx_pkt = NULL;
 	struct qla_hw_data	*ha;
 	uint8_t			additional_fcpcdb_len;
@@ -1252,15 +1251,11 @@ qla24xx_build_scsi_crc_2_iocbs(srb_t *sp, struct cmd_type_crc_2 *cmd_pkt,
 
 	/* Allocate CRC context from global pool */
 	crc_ctx_pkt = sp->u.scmd.ctx =
-	    dma_pool_alloc(ha->dl_dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &crc_ctx_dma);
+	    dma_pool_zalloc(ha->dl_dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &crc_ctx_dma);
 
 	if (!crc_ctx_pkt)
 		goto crc_queuing_error;
 
-	/* Zero out CTX area. */
-	clr_ptr = (uint8_t *)crc_ctx_pkt;
-	memset(clr_ptr, 0, sizeof(*crc_ctx_pkt));
-
 	crc_ctx_pkt->crc_ctx_dma = crc_ctx_dma;
 
 	sp->flags |= SRB_CRC_CTX_DMA_VALID;
@@ -3074,7 +3069,7 @@ qla82xx_start_scsi(srb_t *sp)
 		}
 
 		memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(struct ct6_dsd));
-		ctx->fcp_cmnd = dma_pool_alloc(ha->fcp_cmnd_dma_pool,
+		ctx->fcp_cmnd = dma_pool_zalloc(ha->fcp_cmnd_dma_pool,
 			GFP_ATOMIC, &ctx->fcp_cmnd_dma);
 		if (!ctx->fcp_cmnd) {
 			ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0x3011,
@@ -3127,7 +3122,6 @@ qla82xx_start_scsi(srb_t *sp)
 		host_to_fcp_swap((uint8_t *)&cmd_pkt->lun, sizeof(cmd_pkt->lun));
 
 		/* build FCP_CMND IU */
-		memset(ctx->fcp_cmnd, 0, sizeof(struct fcp_cmnd));
 		int_to_scsilun(cmd->device->lun, &ctx->fcp_cmnd->lun);
 		ctx->fcp_cmnd->additional_cdb_len = additional_cdb_len;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 3735ebd8301272fa15e861032bf78ffa88d33eba..755d7a2a3eea069acdc276abdb40292257169d91 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -2871,7 +2871,6 @@ qlt_build_ctio_crc2_pkt(struct qla_qpair *qpair, struct qla_tgt_prm *prm)
 	uint32_t		data_bytes;
 	uint32_t		dif_bytes;
 	uint8_t			bundling = 1;
-	uint8_t			*clr_ptr;
 	struct crc_context	*crc_ctx_pkt = NULL;
 	struct qla_hw_data	*ha;
 	struct ctio_crc2_to_fw	*pkt;
@@ -3000,15 +2999,11 @@ qlt_build_ctio_crc2_pkt(struct qla_qpair *qpair, struct qla_tgt_prm *prm)
 
 	/* Allocate CRC context from global pool */
 	crc_ctx_pkt = cmd->ctx =
-	    dma_pool_alloc(ha->dl_dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &crc_ctx_dma);
+	    dma_pool_zalloc(ha->dl_dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &crc_ctx_dma);
 
 	if (!crc_ctx_pkt)
 		goto crc_queuing_error;
 
-	/* Zero out CTX area. */
-	clr_ptr = (uint8_t *)crc_ctx_pkt;
-	memset(clr_ptr, 0, sizeof(*crc_ctx_pkt));
-
 	crc_ctx_pkt->crc_ctx_dma = crc_ctx_dma;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&crc_ctx_pkt->dsd_list);