1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5HG.c b/src/H5HG.c
index c33b85f..e8eb2eb 100644
--- a/src/H5HG.c
+++ b/src/H5HG.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ H5HG_create(H5F_t *f, hid_t dxpl_id, size_t size)
     H5_CHECK_OVERFLOW(size, size_t, hsize_t);
     if(HADDR_UNDEF == (addr = H5MF_alloc(f, H5FD_MEM_GHEAP, dxpl_id, (hsize_t)size)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_HEAP, H5E_CANTINIT, HADDR_UNDEF, "unable to allocate file space for global heap")
-    if(NULL == (heap = H5FL_MALLOC(H5HG_heap_t)))
+    if(NULL == (heap = H5FL_CALLOC(H5HG_heap_t)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, HADDR_UNDEF, "memory allocation failed")
     heap->addr = addr;
     heap->size = size;