diff --git a/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-renesas.c b/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-renesas.c
index f8a5e79ed3b4..ab0652d8705a 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-renesas.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-renesas.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int ufs_renesas_init(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
 	struct ufs_renesas_priv *priv;
 
-	priv = devm_kmalloc(hba->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(hba->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ufshcd_set_variant(hba, priv);