diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index aa57749f43..8cd30430e9 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static void nvme_init_sq(NvmeSQueue *sq, NvmeCtrl *n, uint64_t dma_addr,
     sq->size = size;
     sq->cqid = cqid;
     sq->head = sq->tail = 0;
-    sq->io_req = g_new(NvmeRequest, sq->size);
+    sq->io_req = g_new0(NvmeRequest, sq->size);
 
     QTAILQ_INIT(&sq->req_list);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&sq->out_req_list);