diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c
index 64e6edf17b9d..b775658a927d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void pci_register_iommu_region(struct pci_pbm_info *pbm)
 	const u32 *vdma = of_get_property(pbm->op->node, "virtual-dma", NULL);
 
 	if (vdma) {
-		struct resource *rp = kmalloc(sizeof(*rp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		struct resource *rp = kzalloc(sizeof(*rp), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (!rp) {
 			prom_printf("Cannot allocate IOMMU resource.\n");