diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 30de92d0bf0f2f932edab57c1e81da2874a34f9c..4aee4eae50fd38b4ec28b1ce6e132c59abf7c479 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ u8 *hid_alloc_report_buf(struct hid_report *report, gfp_t flags)
 
 	u32 len = hid_report_len(report) + 7;
 
-	return kmalloc(len, flags);
+	return kzalloc(len, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_alloc_report_buf);