1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
index 5f9e3b4539..b515b7321a 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ struct grpc_channel_stack_builder_iterator {
 };
 
 grpc_channel_stack_builder *grpc_channel_stack_builder_create(void) {
-  grpc_channel_stack_builder *b = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*b));
-  memset(b, 0, sizeof(*b));
+  grpc_channel_stack_builder *b = gpr_zalloc(sizeof(*b));
 
   b->begin.filter = NULL;
   b->end.filter = NULL;
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ grpc_error *grpc_channel_stack_builder_finish(
   size_t channel_stack_size = grpc_channel_stack_size(filters, num_filters);
 
   // allocate memory, with prefix_bytes followed by channel_stack_size
-  *result = gpr_malloc(prefix_bytes + channel_stack_size);
+  *result = gpr_zalloc(prefix_bytes + channel_stack_size);
   // fetch a pointer to the channel stack
   grpc_channel_stack *channel_stack =
       (grpc_channel_stack *)((char *)(*result) + prefix_bytes);