diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
index 3df1428df31727c1bad7b24904fa2b9cca670f82..4753b3c6a2c2ab6743a7a6b4767c202d7d656aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
@@ -790,12 +790,11 @@ static int mvs_task_prep(struct sas_task *task, struct mvs_info *mvi, int is_tmf
 	slot->n_elem = n_elem;
 	slot->slot_tag = tag;
 
-	slot->buf = dma_pool_alloc(mvi->dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &slot->buf_dma);
+	slot->buf = dma_pool_zalloc(mvi->dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &slot->buf_dma);
 	if (!slot->buf) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_out_tag;
 	}
-	memset(slot->buf, 0, MVS_SLOT_BUF_SZ);
 
 	tei.task = task;
 	tei.hdr = &mvi->slot[tag];