diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
index 86e2f4a62b9a95fed887dda18b6bd5bdd2cdacda..2623a570ad2f3ceb46b72bf8aa21dceec853611e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ int dmar_enable_qi(struct intel_iommu *iommu)
 
 	qi->desc = page_address(desc_page);
 
-	qi->desc_status = kmalloc(QI_LENGTH * sizeof(int), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	qi->desc_status = kzalloc(QI_LENGTH * sizeof(int), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!qi->desc_status) {
 		free_page((unsigned long) qi->desc);
 		kfree(qi);