diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
index 21c42f852343..fe4ac95ca6c8 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ tegra_kbc_dt_parse_pdata(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!np)
 		return NULL;
 
+	pdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
 		return NULL;