diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
index fe65ed5ff8a8..86452cac0089 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
@@ -438,7 +438,10 @@ static int xe_alloc_pf_queue(struct xe_gt *gt, struct pf_queue *pf_queue)
 		(num_eus + XE_NUM_HW_ENGINES) * PF_MSG_LEN_DW;
 
 	pf_queue->gt = gt;
-	pf_queue->data = kzalloc(pf_queue->num_dw, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pf_queue->data = kcalloc(pf_queue->num_dw, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pf_queue->data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	spin_lock_init(&pf_queue->lock);
 	INIT_WORK(&pf_queue->worker, pf_queue_work_func);