diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
index 623e28ca736e..f10014f7ae88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
@@ -876,11 +876,11 @@ int octeon_setup_instr_queues(struct octeon_device *oct)
 
 	oct->num_iqs = 0;
 
-	oct->instr_queue[0] = vmalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->instr_queue[0]),
+	oct->instr_queue[0] = vzalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->instr_queue[0]),
 				numa_node);
 	if (!oct->instr_queue[0])
 		oct->instr_queue[0] =
-			vmalloc(sizeof(struct octeon_instr_queue));
+			vzalloc(sizeof(struct octeon_instr_queue));
 	if (!oct->instr_queue[0])
 		return 1;
 	memset(oct->instr_queue[0], 0, sizeof(struct octeon_instr_queue));
@@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ int octeon_setup_output_queues(struct octeon_device *oct)
 		desc_size = CFG_GET_DEF_RX_BUF_SIZE(CHIP_CONF(oct, cn23xx_vf));
 	}
 	oct->num_oqs = 0;
-	oct->droq[0] = vmalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]), numa_node);
+	oct->droq[0] = vzalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]), numa_node);
 	if (!oct->droq[0])
-		oct->droq[0] = vmalloc(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]));
+		oct->droq[0] = vzalloc(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]));
 	if (!oct->droq[0])
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
index 2e190deb2233..f7b5d68eb4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ octeon_droq_destroy_ring_buffers(struct octeon_device *oct,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < droq->max_count; i++) {
 		pg_info = &droq->recv_buf_list[i].pg_info;
+		if (!pg_info)
+			continue;
 
 		if (pg_info->dma)
 			lio_unmap_ring(oct->pci_dev,
@@ -275,12 +277,12 @@ int octeon_init_droq(struct octeon_device *oct,
 		droq->max_count);
 
 	droq->recv_buf_list = (struct octeon_recv_buffer *)
-			      vmalloc_node(droq->max_count *
+			      vzalloc_node(droq->max_count *
 						OCT_DROQ_RECVBUF_SIZE,
 						numa_node);
 	if (!droq->recv_buf_list)
 		droq->recv_buf_list = (struct octeon_recv_buffer *)
-				      vmalloc(droq->max_count *
+				      vzalloc(droq->max_count *
 						OCT_DROQ_RECVBUF_SIZE);
 	if (!droq->recv_buf_list) {
 		dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Output queue recv buf list alloc failed\n");