diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
index 159be13ef20b..2c19b3775179 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
@@ -528,16 +528,13 @@ static struct kfd_event_waiter *alloc_event_waiters(uint32_t num_events)
 	struct kfd_event_waiter *event_waiters;
 	uint32_t i;
 
-	event_waiters = kmalloc_array(num_events,
-					sizeof(struct kfd_event_waiter),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+	event_waiters = kcalloc(num_events, sizeof(struct kfd_event_waiter),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!event_waiters)
 		return NULL;
 
-	for (i = 0; (event_waiters) && (i < num_events) ; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < num_events; i++)
 		init_wait(&event_waiters[i].wait);
-		event_waiters[i].activated = false;
-	}
 
 	return event_waiters;
 }