diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_monitor_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_monitor_user.c
index dd558cbb23094b723b09e09f1b03e075e6e0e7d2..ef53b93db57324a6417287d44ea06ec810e7ab9b 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdp_monitor_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_monitor_user.c
@@ -509,11 +509,8 @@ static void *alloc_rec_per_cpu(int record_size)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_cpus = bpf_num_possible_cpus();
 	void *array;
-	size_t size;
 
-	size = record_size * nr_cpus;
-	array = malloc(size);
-	memset(array, 0, size);
+	array = calloc(nr_cpus, record_size);
 	if (!array) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error (nr_cpus:%u)\n", nr_cpus);
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
@@ -528,8 +525,7 @@ static struct stats_record *alloc_stats_record(void)
 	int i;
 
 	/* Alloc main stats_record structure */
-	rec = malloc(sizeof(*rec));
-	memset(rec, 0, sizeof(*rec));
+	rec = calloc(1, sizeof(*rec));
 	if (!rec) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c
index 767869e3b308f28fa5c7a18896a1de635c7658c4..0a7672556822543803fe5abc698c4cd58579480a 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c
@@ -210,11 +210,8 @@ static struct datarec *alloc_record_per_cpu(void)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_cpus = bpf_num_possible_cpus();
 	struct datarec *array;
-	size_t size;
 
-	size = sizeof(struct datarec) * nr_cpus;
-	array = malloc(size);
-	memset(array, 0, size);
+	array = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(struct datarec));
 	if (!array) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error (nr_cpus:%u)\n", nr_cpus);
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
@@ -229,11 +226,11 @@ static struct stats_record *alloc_stats_record(void)
 
 	size = sizeof(*rec) + n_cpus * sizeof(struct record);
 	rec = malloc(size);
-	memset(rec, 0, size);
 	if (!rec) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
 	}
+	memset(rec, 0, size);
 	rec->rx_cnt.cpu    = alloc_record_per_cpu();
 	rec->redir_err.cpu = alloc_record_per_cpu();
 	rec->kthread.cpu   = alloc_record_per_cpu();
diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c
index b88df17853b848ce2f51235e07a0afd0984ee2fa..21d6e5067a83904f56c673139fb5f721156ad013 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c
@@ -198,11 +198,8 @@ static struct datarec *alloc_record_per_cpu(void)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_cpus = bpf_num_possible_cpus();
 	struct datarec *array;
-	size_t size;
 
-	size = sizeof(struct datarec) * nr_cpus;
-	array = malloc(size);
-	memset(array, 0, size);
+	array = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(struct datarec));
 	if (!array) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error (nr_cpus:%u)\n", nr_cpus);
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
@@ -214,11 +211,8 @@ static struct record *alloc_record_per_rxq(void)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_rxqs = bpf_map__def(rx_queue_index_map)->max_entries;
 	struct record *array;
-	size_t size;
 
-	size = sizeof(struct record) * nr_rxqs;
-	array = malloc(size);
-	memset(array, 0, size);
+	array = calloc(nr_rxqs, sizeof(struct record));
 	if (!array) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error (nr_rxqs:%u)\n", nr_rxqs);
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
@@ -232,8 +226,7 @@ static struct stats_record *alloc_stats_record(void)
 	struct stats_record *rec;
 	int i;
 
-	rec = malloc(sizeof(*rec));
-	memset(rec, 0, sizeof(*rec));
+	rec = calloc(1, sizeof(struct stats_record));
 	if (!rec) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);