diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
index bb3c2a8303623792d4631a8d5d16f08cdf1d8cfb..c6cf227ead40c0e60c843e237ce33289f4c6511a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static struct xe_user_fence *user_fence_create(struct xe_device *xe, u64 addr,
 	if (!access_ok(ptr, sizeof(*ptr)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
-	ufence = kmalloc(sizeof(*ufence), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ufence = kzalloc(sizeof(*ufence), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ufence)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);