diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 1b9c9b6da5b7349b39148129c7a6ce4a709e7717..30cd13b13ac3970f403906f3770c373658a20783 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -180,12 +180,13 @@ int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card, spinlock_t *lock
 		blk_queue_max_hw_segments(mq->queue, host->max_hw_segs);
 		blk_queue_max_segment_size(mq->queue, host->max_seg_size);
 
-		mq->sg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
+		mq->sg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
 			host->max_phys_segs, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!mq->sg) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto cleanup_queue;
 		}
+		sg_init_table(mq->sg, host->max_phys_segs);
 	}
 
 	init_MUTEX(&mq->thread_sem);