diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10086.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10086.c
index a17ce3c..f2c8faa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10086.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10086.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
 	dprintk ("%s\n", __func__);
 
 	/* allocate memory for the internal state */
-	state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tda10086_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tda10086_state), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!state)
 		return NULL;