diff --git a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c
index 59aa60d4ca37..a8fd50cdffbe 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static irqreturn_t iio_simple_dummy_trigger_h(int irq, void *p)
 	int len = 0;
 	u16 *data;
 
-	data = kmalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	data = kzalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		goto done;