diff --git a/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c
index 24027f2b34797fcca86ef9e1977fdb049ad7db13..02970f29b295787a248e530884fee18cbbdb7b69 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ int omap_mmc_init(int dev_index, uint host_caps_mask, uint f_max, int cd_gpio,
 	struct mmc_config *cfg;
 	uint host_caps_val;
 
-	priv = malloc(sizeof(*priv));
+	priv = calloc(1, sizeof(*priv));
 	if (priv == NULL)
 		return -1;