diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 4016ac6bdd5e..8451ab481095 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_get_rxfh_indir(struct net_device *dev,
 	    (KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE - sizeof(*indir)) / sizeof(*indir->ring_index))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	full_size = sizeof(*indir) + sizeof(*indir->ring_index) * table_size;
-	indir = kmalloc(full_size, GFP_USER);
+	indir = kzalloc(full_size, GFP_USER);
 	if (!indir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_rx_ntuple(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 
 	gstrings.len = ret;
 
-	data = kmalloc(gstrings.len * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(gstrings.len * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 	if (regs.len > reglen)
 		regs.len = reglen;
 
-	regbuf = kmalloc(reglen, GFP_USER);
+	regbuf = kzalloc(reglen, GFP_USER);
 	if (!regbuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;