diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
index e88bac1d781f7b5a34051d0fcb138f2efc11dc0d..bae897de9468952f882df012da4f055d53edf892 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
@@ -393,15 +393,14 @@ static int i810_dma_initialize(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	/* Program Hardware Status Page */
 	dev_priv->hw_status_page =
-	    pci_alloc_consistent(dev->pdev, PAGE_SIZE,
-				 &dev_priv->dma_status_page);
+		pci_zalloc_consistent(dev->pdev, PAGE_SIZE,
+				      &dev_priv->dma_status_page);
 	if (!dev_priv->hw_status_page) {
 		dev->dev_private = (void *)dev_priv;
 		i810_dma_cleanup(dev);
 		DRM_ERROR("Can not allocate hardware status page\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(dev_priv->hw_status_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 	DRM_DEBUG("hw status page @ %p\n", dev_priv->hw_status_page);
 
 	I810_WRITE(0x02080, dev_priv->dma_status_page);