diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/tty/synclink_gt.c
index ba1dbcdf46096439637ad0a6fa8e2603b19e4b0d..0e8c39b6ccd45643051b2ee2876a0eda59595034 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclink_gt.c
@@ -3383,12 +3383,11 @@ static int alloc_desc(struct slgt_info *info)
 	unsigned int pbufs;
 
 	/* allocate memory to hold descriptor lists */
-	info->bufs = pci_alloc_consistent(info->pdev, DESC_LIST_SIZE, &info->bufs_dma_addr);
+	info->bufs = pci_zalloc_consistent(info->pdev, DESC_LIST_SIZE,
+					   &info->bufs_dma_addr);
 	if (info->bufs == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(info->bufs, 0, DESC_LIST_SIZE);
-
 	info->rbufs = (struct slgt_desc*)info->bufs;
 	info->tbufs = ((struct slgt_desc*)info->bufs) + info->rbuf_count;