diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb6100.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb6100.c
index eeed7b41acb3..234ca7344a16 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb6100.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb6100.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend *stb6100_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 {
 	struct stb6100_state *state = NULL;
 
-	state = kmalloc(sizeof (struct stb6100_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	state = kzalloc(sizeof (struct stb6100_state), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (state == NULL)
 		goto error;