diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index d620b44957454a80fcf444d10cb967e66fb9d7d5..8a3aff724d989c331f5de1596f3064cbbe72c271 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ static noinline int mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
 	if (lba < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cgc->buffer = kmalloc(blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	cgc->buffer = kzalloc(blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (cgc->buffer == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;