diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
index 31c9d34637..6a6c15dd32 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void vhost_user_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     vsc->dev.nvqs = 2 + vs->conf.num_queues;
-    vsc->dev.vqs = g_new(struct vhost_virtqueue, vsc->dev.nvqs);
+    vsc->dev.vqs = g_new0(struct vhost_virtqueue, vsc->dev.nvqs);
     vsc->dev.vq_index = 0;
     vsc->dev.backend_features = 0;
     vqs = vsc->dev.vqs;