diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
index d246647b365304b4f9ae1879c22e6bf6096abd11..b0fb2450912485610ea32da7e57573821645e433 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
@@ -4911,7 +4911,7 @@ static int rocker_probe_ports(struct rocker *rocker)
 	int err;
 
 	alloc_size = sizeof(struct rocker_port *) * rocker->port_count;
-	rocker->ports = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rocker->ports = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rocker->ports)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	for (i = 0; i < rocker->port_count; i++) {