diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 76506975d59a..cbd1885f2459 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_any_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr,
 	if (eeprom.offset + eeprom.len > total_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	data = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ static int ethtool_set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	if (eeprom.offset + eeprom.len > ops->get_eeprom_len(dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	data = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ static int ethtool_self_test(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	test.len = test_len;
-	data = kmalloc_array(test_len, sizeof(u64), GFP_USER);
+	data = kcalloc(test_len, sizeof(u64), GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	ret = ethtool_tunable_valid(&tuna);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	data = kmalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ret = ops->get_tunable(dev, &tuna, data);
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ static int get_phy_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	ret = ethtool_phy_tunable_valid(&tuna);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	data = kmalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	mutex_lock(&phydev->lock);