diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c
index a2d8a597512..b6c14000e3e 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ panvk_per_arch(create_device)(struct panvk_physical_device *physical_device,
 
       uint32_t qfi = queue_create->queueFamilyIndex;
       device->queues[qfi] =
-         vk_alloc(&device->vk.alloc,
+         vk_zalloc(&device->vk.alloc,
                   queue_create->queueCount * sizeof(struct panvk_queue), 8,
                   VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_DEVICE);
       if (!device->queues[qfi]) {
@@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ panvk_per_arch(create_device)(struct panvk_physical_device *physical_device,
          goto err_finish_queues;
       }
 
-      memset(device->queues[qfi], 0,
-             queue_create->queueCount * sizeof(struct panvk_queue));
-
       for (unsigned q = 0; q < queue_create->queueCount; q++) {
          result = panvk_per_arch(queue_init)(device, &device->queues[qfi][q], q,
                                              queue_create);