diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 2ebe73b116dc..a4d005fa2569 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static struct uni_screen *vc_uniscr_alloc(unsigned int cols, unsigned int rows)
 	/* allocate everything in one go */
 	memsize = cols * rows * sizeof(char32_t);
 	memsize += rows * sizeof(char32_t *);
-	p = vmalloc(memsize);
+	p = vzalloc(memsize);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;