diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
index dc6fb79a361f..25d9a9cf7b66 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int gssx_dec_option_array(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	if (!oa->data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	creds = kmalloc(sizeof(struct svc_cred), GFP_KERNEL);
+	creds = kzalloc(sizeof(struct svc_cred), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!creds) {
 		kfree(oa->data);
 		return -ENOMEM;