diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
index d83a78be98a2cb90f5cea6b07eb257e11ad9ebed..fed2b2f909fcf06b98441863ac92ff63a2fd01f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
@@ -5598,7 +5598,7 @@ static int mvpp2_aggr_txq_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	u32 txq_dma;
 
 	/* Allocate memory for TX descriptors */
-	aggr_txq->descs = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
+	aggr_txq->descs = dma_zalloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
 				MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_SIZE * MVPP2_DESC_ALIGNED_SIZE,
 				&aggr_txq->descs_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!aggr_txq->descs)