diff --git a/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/multiVis.c b/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/multiVis.c
index 258ea5b2aff5f7ee0aae32ee5f2d646233b5aae1..539e2921108219825832a35efa985e429ba5cebc 100644
--- a/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/multiVis.c
+++ b/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/multiVis.c
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ QueryColorMap(Display *disp, Colormap src_cmap, Visual *src_vis,
      XColor *colors ;
 
      ncolors = (unsigned) src_vis->map_entries ;
-     *src_colors = colors = (XColor *)malloc(ncolors * sizeof(XColor) ) ;
+/* JDK modification.
+ * use calloc instead of malloc to initialize allocated memory
+ *   *src_colors = colors = (XColor *)malloc(ncolors * sizeof(XColor) ) ;
+ */
+     *src_colors = colors = (XColor *)calloc(ncolors, sizeof(XColor));
 
      if(src_vis->class != TrueColor && src_vis->class != DirectColor)
      {