diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 664c69398b4168441cbbe5fbcf0f9352f9b3b083..a0bc47f8dcf7f3c2502b686983fcfc494c295287 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ snd_compr_get_codec_caps(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
 	if (!stream->ops->get_codec_caps)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	caps = kmalloc(sizeof(*caps), GFP_KERNEL);
+	caps = kzalloc(sizeof(*caps), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!caps)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ snd_compr_get_params(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
 	if (!stream->ops->get_params)
 		return -EBADFD;
 
-	params = kmalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
+	params = kzalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!params)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	retval = stream->ops->get_params(stream, params);