diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 278a3ace14f6..7bb0f1cb7f26 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ int hci_get_dev_list(void __user *arg)
 
 	size = sizeof(*dl) + dev_num * sizeof(*dr);
 
-	if (!(dl = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL)))
+	if (!(dl = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dr = dl->dev_req;