diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index cd87e3d1291e..96842ce817af 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -4726,7 +4726,7 @@ static int con_font_get(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (op->data) {
-		font.data = kvmalloc(max_font_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		font.data = kvzalloc(max_font_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!font.data)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	} else