1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index b05d15ecdd..d270225020 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ static void virtio_blk_flush_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
 
 static VirtIOBlockReq *virtio_blk_alloc_request(VirtIOBlock *s)
 {
-    VirtIOBlockReq *req = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*req));
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = qemu_malloc(sizeof(*req));
     req->dev = s;
+    req->qiov.size = 0;
+    req->next = NULL;
     return req;
 }