diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index 4d10270ddf8f..184f11242f56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -1910,11 +1910,10 @@ static int e100_alloc_cbs(struct nic *nic)
 	nic->cb_to_use = nic->cb_to_send = nic->cb_to_clean = NULL;
 	nic->cbs_avail = 0;
 
-	nic->cbs = pci_pool_alloc(nic->cbs_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
-				  &nic->cbs_dma_addr);
+	nic->cbs = pci_pool_zalloc(nic->cbs_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
+				   &nic->cbs_dma_addr);
 	if (!nic->cbs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(nic->cbs, 0, count * sizeof(struct cb));
 
 	for (cb = nic->cbs, i = 0; i < count; cb++, i++) {
 		cb->next = (i + 1 < count) ? cb + 1 : nic->cbs;