diff --git a/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c b/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c
index 6b89d596ba9a..31da26287327 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static ssize_t virtual_ncidev_write(struct file *file,
 	struct virtual_nci_dev *vdev = file->private_data;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = alloc_skb(count, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;