diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/qti-regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/qti-regmap-debugfs.c
index 515ac7859678..f4efff62ab91 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/qti-regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/qti-regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright 2011 Wolfson Microelectronics plc
- * Copyright (c) 2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static ssize_t regmap_read_debugfs(struct regmap *map, unsigned int from,
 	if (count > (PAGE_SIZE << (MAX_ORDER - 1)))
 		count = PAGE_SIZE << (MAX_ORDER - 1);
 
-	buf = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kzalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;