diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
index 93afd61f33fd2b866d40a103a5fa2443b244c522..2889f86e605226b9069656c78bdc029fc7d53fa3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c
@@ -2003,10 +2003,10 @@ static int et131x_rx_dma_memory_alloc(struct et131x_adapter *adapter)
 	struct fbr_lookup *fbr;
 
 	/* Alloc memory for the lookup table */
-	rx_ring->fbr[0] = kmalloc(sizeof(*fbr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rx_ring->fbr[0] = kzalloc(sizeof(*fbr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rx_ring->fbr[0] == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	rx_ring->fbr[1] = kmalloc(sizeof(*fbr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rx_ring->fbr[1] = kzalloc(sizeof(*fbr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rx_ring->fbr[1] == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;