1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index cb2959a3fb43..d4f3101773db 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
                           const char *name, bool is_kallsyms)
 {
         const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
-        char *realname, *filename = malloc(size),
-             *linkname = malloc(size), *targetname;
+        char *realname, *filename = zalloc(size),
+             *linkname = zalloc(size), *targetname;
         int len, err = -1;
 
         if (is_kallsyms) {
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ static int build_id_cache__add_b(const u8 *build_id, size_t build_id_size,
 int build_id_cache__remove_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir)
 {
         const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
-        char *filename = malloc(size),
-             *linkname = malloc(size);
+        char *filename = zalloc(size),
+             *linkname = zalloc(size);
         int err = -1;
 
         if (filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)