diff --git a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c
index 074ac59b84..42130667a7 100644
--- a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c
+++ b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int pvrdma_ring_init(PvrdmaRing *ring, const char *name, PCIDevice *dev,
     qatomic_set(&ring->ring_state->cons_head, 0);
     */
     ring->npages = npages;
-    ring->pages = g_malloc(npages * sizeof(void *));
+    ring->pages = g_malloc0(npages * sizeof(void *));
 
     for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
         if (!tbl[i]) {