diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
index 0d3473b4596e166646273cfeabceaabaa54c52e1..21f4239022c7aa5a380b7058807734580d04ad54 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static struct ib_qp *mthca_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	{
 		struct mthca_ucontext *context;
 
-		qp = kmalloc(sizeof *qp, GFP_KERNEL);
+		qp = kzalloc(sizeof(*qp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!qp)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static struct ib_qp *mthca_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 		if (pd->uobject)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-		qp = kmalloc(sizeof (struct mthca_sqp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		qp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mthca_sqp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!qp)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);