diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 5aef51eb3d1f..450862e980c8 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ 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;