/* Initialize a list to holds requests that have been posted to Octeon
         * but has yet to be fetched by octeon
         */
-       iq->request_list = vmalloc_node((sizeof(*iq->request_list) * num_descs),
-                                              numa_node);
+       iq->request_list = vzalloc_node(array_size(num_descs, sizeof(*iq->request_list)),
+                                       numa_node);
        if (!iq->request_list)
-               iq->request_list =
-                       vmalloc(array_size(num_descs,
-                                          sizeof(*iq->request_list)));
+               iq->request_list = vzalloc(array_size(num_descs, sizeof(*iq->request_list)));
        if (!iq->request_list) {
                lio_dma_free(oct, q_size, iq->base_addr, iq->base_addr_dma);
                dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Alloc failed for IQ[%d] nr free list\n",
                return 1;
        }
 
-       memset(iq->request_list, 0, sizeof(*iq->request_list) * num_descs);
-
        dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "IQ[%d]: base: %p basedma: %pad count: %d\n",
                iq_no, iq->base_addr, &iq->base_addr_dma, iq->max_count);