diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 43664adf7a3c120d024889ac59f42e2da5d5b1ae..d3e72d0f66ef428b08e4bd88508e05b734bc43a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -771,14 +771,13 @@ ixgb_setup_rx_resources(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 	rxdr->size = rxdr->count * sizeof(struct ixgb_rx_desc);
 	rxdr->size = ALIGN(rxdr->size, 4096);
 
-	rxdr->desc = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, rxdr->size, &rxdr->dma,
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+	rxdr->desc = dma_zalloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, rxdr->size, &rxdr->dma,
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!rxdr->desc) {
 		vfree(rxdr->buffer_info);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(rxdr->desc, 0, rxdr->size);
 
 	rxdr->next_to_clean = 0;
 	rxdr->next_to_use = 0;