diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index 7c2cc1262c05..d8c9d184190b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ static struct msm_submit_post_dep *msm_parse_post_deps(struct drm_device *dev,
 	int ret = 0;
 	uint32_t i, j;
 
-	post_deps = kmalloc_array(nr_syncobjs, sizeof(*post_deps),
-	                          GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
+	post_deps = kcalloc(nr_syncobjs, sizeof(*post_deps),
+			    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
 	if (!post_deps)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -643,7 +643,6 @@ static struct msm_submit_post_dep *msm_parse_post_deps(struct drm_device *dev,
 		}
 
 		post_deps[i].point = syncobj_desc.point;
-		post_deps[i].chain = NULL;
 
 		if (syncobj_desc.flags) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;