INIT_WORK(&priv->idb_work, tsi721_db_dpc);
 
        /* Allocate buffer for inbound doorbells queue */
-       priv->idb_base = dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
+       priv->idb_base = dma_zalloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
                                IDB_QSIZE * TSI721_IDB_ENTRY_SIZE,
                                &priv->idb_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!priv->idb_base)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       memset(priv->idb_base, 0, IDB_QSIZE * TSI721_IDB_ENTRY_SIZE);
-
        dev_dbg(&priv->pdev->dev, "Allocated IDB buffer @ %p (phys = %llx)\n",
                priv->idb_base, (unsigned long long)priv->idb_dma);
 
         */
 
        /* Allocate space for DMA descriptors */
-       bd_ptr = dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
+       bd_ptr = dma_zalloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
                                        bd_num * sizeof(struct tsi721_dma_desc),
                                        &bd_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!bd_ptr)
        priv->bdma[chnum].bd_phys = bd_phys;
        priv->bdma[chnum].bd_base = bd_ptr;
 
-       memset(bd_ptr, 0, bd_num * sizeof(struct tsi721_dma_desc));
-
        dev_dbg(&priv->pdev->dev, "DMA descriptors @ %p (phys = %llx)\n",
                bd_ptr, (unsigned long long)bd_phys);
 
        sts_size = (bd_num >= TSI721_DMA_MINSTSSZ) ?
                                        bd_num : TSI721_DMA_MINSTSSZ;
        sts_size = roundup_pow_of_two(sts_size);
-       sts_ptr = dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
+       sts_ptr = dma_zalloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
                                     sts_size * sizeof(struct tsi721_dma_sts),
                                     &sts_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!sts_ptr) {
        priv->bdma[chnum].sts_base = sts_ptr;
        priv->bdma[chnum].sts_size = sts_size;
 
-       memset(sts_ptr, 0, sts_size);
-
        dev_dbg(&priv->pdev->dev,
                "desc status FIFO @ %p (phys = %llx) size=0x%x\n",
                sts_ptr, (unsigned long long)sts_phys, sts_size);
 
        /* Outbound message descriptor status FIFO allocation */
        priv->omsg_ring[mbox].sts_size = roundup_pow_of_two(entries + 1);
-       priv->omsg_ring[mbox].sts_base = dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
+       priv->omsg_ring[mbox].sts_base = dma_zalloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
                        priv->omsg_ring[mbox].sts_size *
                                                sizeof(struct tsi721_dma_sts),
                        &priv->omsg_ring[mbox].sts_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
                goto out_desc;
        }
 
-       memset(priv->omsg_ring[mbox].sts_base, 0,
-               entries * sizeof(struct tsi721_dma_sts));
-
        /*
         * Configure Outbound Messaging Engine
         */