1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 09d193dbb233..eecb1f9e2e6b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static struct port_buffer *alloc_buf(size_t buf_size)
         buf = kmalloc(sizeof(*buf), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!buf)
                 goto fail;
-        buf->buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        buf->buf = kmalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!buf->buf)
                 goto free_buf;
         buf->len = 0;