diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index e2184412617d8d0ccce3527dceacfb351fc5b45a..46990f4ceb4097be3acbb98f8235994be33bd475 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -1526,8 +1526,8 @@ qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			    FCE_SIZE, ha->fce, ha->fce_dma);
 
 		/* Allocate memory for Fibre Channel Event Buffer. */
-		tc = dma_alloc_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, FCE_SIZE, &tc_dma,
-		    GFP_KERNEL);
+		tc = dma_zalloc_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, FCE_SIZE, &tc_dma,
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tc) {
 			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x00be,
 			    "Unable to allocate (%d KB) for FCE.\n",
@@ -1535,7 +1535,6 @@ qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			goto try_eft;
 		}
 
-		memset(tc, 0, FCE_SIZE);
 		rval = qla2x00_enable_fce_trace(vha, tc_dma, FCE_NUM_BUFFERS,
 		    ha->fce_mb, &ha->fce_bufs);
 		if (rval) {
@@ -1560,8 +1559,8 @@ qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			    EFT_SIZE, ha->eft, ha->eft_dma);
 
 		/* Allocate memory for Extended Trace Buffer. */
-		tc = dma_alloc_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, EFT_SIZE, &tc_dma,
-		    GFP_KERNEL);
+		tc = dma_zalloc_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, EFT_SIZE, &tc_dma,
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tc) {
 			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x00c1,
 			    "Unable to allocate (%d KB) for EFT.\n",
@@ -1569,7 +1568,6 @@ qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			goto cont_alloc;
 		}
 
-		memset(tc, 0, EFT_SIZE);
 		rval = qla2x00_enable_eft_trace(vha, tc_dma, EFT_NUM_BUFFERS);
 		if (rval) {
 			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x00c2,