diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index 66c5d130c8c2..0e722c103562 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ struct dm_bufio_client *dm_bufio_client_create(struct block_device *bdev, unsign
 	BUG_ON(block_size < 1 << SECTOR_SHIFT ||
 	       (block_size & (block_size - 1)));
 
-	c = kmalloc(sizeof(*c), GFP_KERNEL);
+	c = kzalloc(sizeof(*c), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!c) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bad_client;