diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
index 8f10e30ea0b0..e8957e911de3 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int bpf_iter_reg_target(const struct bpf_iter_reg *reg_info)
 {
 	struct bpf_iter_target_info *tinfo;
 
-	tinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*tinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tinfo = kzalloc(sizeof(*tinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tinfo)
 		return -ENOMEM;