diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
index 6128ffd026c1..ae6173519924 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static int storvsc_queuecommand_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd,
 
 	request_size = sizeof(struct storvsc_cmd_request);
 
-	cmd_request = kmem_cache_alloc(host_device_ctx->request_pool,
+	cmd_request = kmem_cache_zalloc(host_device_ctx->request_pool,
 				       GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!cmd_request) {
 		DPRINT_ERR(STORVSC_DRV, "scmnd (%p) - unable to allocate "