diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-egalax.c b/drivers/hid/hid-egalax.c
index 54b017ad258d29cf5e726ad04ee3297235a22366..5a1b52e0eb85f1ecfd7035f317c3b6577bf5d7cb 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-egalax.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-egalax.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int egalax_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 	struct egalax_data *td;
 	struct hid_report *report;
 
-	td = kmalloc(sizeof(struct egalax_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	td = kzalloc(sizeof(struct egalax_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!td) {
 		dev_err(&hdev->dev, "cannot allocate eGalax data\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;