diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index d7b87c6..e220edc 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 	if (mport->ops->open_inb_mbox == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_mbox_res(res, mbox, mbox);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 	if (mport->ops->open_outb_mbox == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_mbox_res(res, mbox, mbox);
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	struct resource *res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct resource *res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_dbell_res(res, start, end);
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 struct resource *rio_request_outb_dbell(struct rio_dev *rdev, u16 start,
 					u16 end)
 {
-	struct resource *res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct resource *res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_dbell_res(res, start, end);