diff --git a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
index d9b4c7ea3c81075821a61dabee8db260ee457036..ec920488d660520d32ea6a18b8c40d08522a58d9 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static void lsi_do_command(LSIState *s)
     }
 
     assert(s->current == NULL);
-    s->current = g_malloc0(sizeof(lsi_request));
+    s->current = g_new0(lsi_request, 1);
     s->current->tag = s->select_tag;
     s->current->req = scsi_req_new(dev, s->current->tag, s->current_lun, buf,
                                    s->current);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index ef485508b137cfae16f986be256c6fbc8e73a214..b06dd390d2a7d8d625c3be2ae09eb9e2a903553e 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ void virtio_scsi_common_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp,
         virtio_cleanup(vdev);
         return;
     }
-    s->cmd_vqs = g_malloc0(s->conf.num_queues * sizeof(VirtQueue *));
+    s->cmd_vqs = g_new0(VirtQueue *, s->conf.num_queues);
     s->sense_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE;
     s->cdb_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE;