diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 2c9ec93dff47..902401be0b67 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -2462,7 +2462,8 @@ int iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts_unaligned(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 
 		bb = devm_krealloc(&indio_dev->dev,
 				   iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer,
-				   indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+				   indio_dev->scan_bytes,
+				   GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 		if (!bb)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer = bb;