diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
index 439991d71b14..22ddb49e0f50 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int __qdio_allocate_qs(struct qdio_q **irq_ptr_qs, int nr_queues)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_queues; i++) {
-		q = kmem_cache_alloc(qdio_q_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+		q = kmem_cache_zalloc(qdio_q_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q)
 			return -ENOMEM;