diff --git a/common/dlmalloc.c b/common/dlmalloc.c
index 6f12a18..dade68f 100644
--- a/common/dlmalloc.c
+++ b/common/dlmalloc.c
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ Void_t* cALLOc(n, elem_size) size_t n; size_t elem_size;
   {
 #if CONFIG_VAL(SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN)
 	if (!(gd->flags & GD_FLG_FULL_MALLOC_INIT)) {
-		MALLOC_ZERO(mem, sz);
+		memset(mem, 0, sz);
 		return mem;
 	}
 #endif