diff --git a/drivers/hid/uhid.c b/drivers/hid/uhid.c
index 93b00d76374cee2b82be0a9deab2a0f8d7c6755b..cedc6da93c19c5c77136127feb207a424899a321 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/uhid.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/uhid.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int uhid_event_from_user(const char __user *buffer, size_t len,
 			 */
 			struct uhid_create_req_compat *compat;
 
-			compat = kmalloc(sizeof(*compat), GFP_KERNEL);
+			compat = kzalloc(sizeof(*compat), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!compat)
 				return -ENOMEM;