diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index a2b827dd36ff..1a8abb4b0974 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -4116,14 +4116,13 @@ lpfc_new_io_buf(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int num_to_alloc)
 		 * pci bus space for an I/O. The DMA buffer includes the
 		 * number of SGE's necessary to support the sg_tablesize.
 		 */
-		lpfc_ncmd->data = dma_pool_alloc(phba->lpfc_sg_dma_buf_pool,
-				GFP_KERNEL,
-				&lpfc_ncmd->dma_handle);
+		lpfc_ncmd->data = dma_pool_zalloc(phba->lpfc_sg_dma_buf_pool,
+						  GFP_KERNEL,
+						  &lpfc_ncmd->dma_handle);
 		if (!lpfc_ncmd->data) {
 			kfree(lpfc_ncmd);
 			break;
 		}
-		memset(lpfc_ncmd->data, 0, phba->cfg_sg_dma_buf_size);
 
 		/*
 		 * 4K Page alignment is CRITICAL to BlockGuard, double check