diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/mmu_rb.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/mmu_rb.c
index f3fb28e3d5d74060f9d299df5870292f621fff79..d213f65d4cdd0ff5fe9a34d5617e3ccb149d94d9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/mmu_rb.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/mmu_rb.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int hfi1_mmu_rb_register(void *ops_arg,
 	struct mmu_rb_handler *h;
 	int ret;
 
-	h = kmalloc(sizeof(*h), GFP_KERNEL);
+	h = kzalloc(sizeof(*h), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!h)
 		return -ENOMEM;