diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
index 31bf2586fb84..864408026202 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void ieee80211_process_addba_request(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	}
 
 	/* prepare A-MPDU MLME for Rx aggregation */
-	tid_agg_rx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tid_ampdu_rx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tid_agg_rx = kzalloc(sizeof(*tid_agg_rx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tid_agg_rx)
 		goto end;