diff --git a/sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c b/sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c
index d17937b92331..7e3aa50b21f9 100644
--- a/sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c
+++ b/sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ long asihpi_hpi_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	hm = kmalloc(sizeof(*hm), GFP_KERNEL);
-	hr = kmalloc(sizeof(*hr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hr = kzalloc(sizeof(*hr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hm || !hr) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;