diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
index d6325c6be3d4..b67455bda972 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static int zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
 	}
 
 	if (op->dummy.nbytes) {
-		tmpbuf = kzalloc(op->dummy.nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+		tmpbuf = kmalloc(op->dummy.nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tmpbuf)
 			return -ENOMEM;