diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
index 1f5f4a46ab74..4791b62c2923 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static long cros_ec_chardev_ioctl_xcmd(struct cros_ec_dev *ec, void __user *arg)
 	    u_cmd.insize > EC_MAX_MSG_BYTES)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	s_cmd = kmalloc(sizeof(*s_cmd) + max(u_cmd.outsize, u_cmd.insize),
+	s_cmd = kzalloc(sizeof(*s_cmd) + max(u_cmd.outsize, u_cmd.insize),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s_cmd)
 		return -ENOMEM;