diff --git a/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index c8b2309352d7..358b6efbd6aa 100644
--- a/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int snd_rawmidi_runtime_create(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream)
 		runtime->avail = 0;
 	else
 		runtime->avail = runtime->buffer_size;
-	if ((runtime->buffer = kmalloc(runtime->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+	if ((runtime->buffer = kzalloc(runtime->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
 		kfree(runtime);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ int snd_rawmidi_output_params(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (params->buffer_size != runtime->buffer_size) {
-		newbuf = kmalloc(params->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		newbuf = kzalloc(params->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!newbuf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		spin_lock_irq(&runtime->lock);