diff --git a/lib/bdev/malloc/blockdev_malloc.c b/lib/bdev/malloc/blockdev_malloc.c
index b0cb21eb8..f882494b8 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/malloc/blockdev_malloc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/malloc/blockdev_malloc.c
@@ -235,12 +235,14 @@ struct malloc_disk *create_malloc_disk(uint64_t num_blocks, uint32_t block_size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	mdisk = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(*mdisk), 0);
+	mdisk = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*mdisk), 0);
 	if (!mdisk) {
 		perror("mdisk");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	memset(mdisk, 0, sizeof(*mdisk));
+
 	/*
 	 * Allocate the large backend memory buffer using rte_malloc(),
 	 *  so that we guarantee it is allocated from hugepage memory.
diff --git a/lib/ioat/ioat_impl.h b/lib/ioat/ioat_impl.h
index c5c310f55..146fce3e4 100644
--- a/lib/ioat/ioat_impl.h
+++ b/lib/ioat/ioat_impl.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <rte_config.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_atomic.h>
@@ -39,8 +40,12 @@
 static inline void *
 ioat_zmalloc(const char *tag, size_t size, unsigned align, uint64_t *phys_addr)
 {
-	void *buf = rte_zmalloc(tag, size, align);
-	*phys_addr = rte_malloc_virt2phy(buf);
+	void *buf = rte_malloc(tag, size, align);
+
+	if (buf) {
+		memset(buf, 0, size);
+		*phys_addr = rte_malloc_virt2phy(buf);
+	}
 	return buf;
 }