diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_fd.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_fd.c
index dd161c5eea8e..41988358f63c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_fd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_fd.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static int pcan_usb_fd_init(struct peak_usb_device *dev)
 			goto err_out;
 
 		/* allocate command buffer once for all for the interface */
-		pdev->cmd_buffer_addr = kmalloc(PCAN_UFD_CMD_BUFFER_SIZE,
+		pdev->cmd_buffer_addr = kzalloc(PCAN_UFD_CMD_BUFFER_SIZE,
 						GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!pdev->cmd_buffer_addr)
 			goto err_out_1;