diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index e36bebcab3f228794b462fd834e592f07c651ad4..a49072b4fa520c1ba218a77438e8f9f4c653ef75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -2679,15 +2679,13 @@ struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	if (!mailbox)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	mailbox->buf = pci_pool_alloc(mlx4_priv(dev)->cmd.pool, GFP_KERNEL,
-				      &mailbox->dma);
+	mailbox->buf = pci_pool_zalloc(mlx4_priv(dev)->cmd.pool, GFP_KERNEL,
+				       &mailbox->dma);
 	if (!mailbox->buf) {
 		kfree(mailbox);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	memset(mailbox->buf, 0, MLX4_MAILBOX_SIZE);
-
 	return mailbox;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox);