diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 2aa5c231560d..19e6049058d1 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ struct pneigh_entry * pneigh_lookup(struct neigh_table *tbl,
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	n = kmalloc(sizeof(*n) + key_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	n = kzalloc(sizeof(*n) + key_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n)
 		goto out;