diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
index 311007b1d9046566b8a155c21ef8188cca13a819..c2e666e82857c137b4b489f3c88a9389e26f5da0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static struct urb *usbtmc_create_urb(void)
 	if (!urb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	dmabuf = kmalloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	dmabuf = kzalloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dmabuf) {
 		usb_free_urb(urb);
 		return NULL;