diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index ec20ecff85c7..652ef97a444b 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int vhost_vsock_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	/* This struct is large and allocation could fail, fall back to vmalloc
 	 * if there is no other way.
 	 */
-	vsock = kvmalloc(sizeof(*vsock), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
+	vsock = kvzalloc(sizeof(*vsock), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
 	if (!vsock)
 		return -ENOMEM;