diff --git a/libweston/noop-renderer.c b/libweston/noop-renderer.c
index aef93002..d4bd2efe 100644
--- a/libweston/noop-renderer.c
+++ b/libweston/noop-renderer.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ noop_renderer_init(struct weston_compositor *ec)
 {
 	struct weston_renderer *renderer;
 
-	renderer = malloc(sizeof *renderer);
+	renderer = zalloc(sizeof *renderer);
 	if (renderer == NULL)
 		return -1;