diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
index 49f59d53b4b26d213b21efa62eee468c79a20e0c..cf285d43d0c19fae76f48aa957d05d51b27b8bd2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ 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;