1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cli/src/cli-cmd-parser.c b/cli/src/cli-cmd-parser.c
index 85c7a30c678..fe5a763a19e 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli-cmd-parser.c
+++ b/cli/src/cli-cmd-parser.c
@@ -2746,7 +2746,10 @@ config_parse(const char **words, int wordcount, dict_t *dict, unsigned cmdi,
             /* trailing strcat will add two bytes, make space for that */
             append_len++;
 
-            append_str = GF_MALLOC(append_len, cli_mt_append_str);
+            /* strcat is used on this allocation and hence expected to be
+             * initiatlized to 0. So GF_CALLOC is used.
+             */
+            append_str = GF_CALLOC(1, append_len, cli_mt_append_str);
             if (!append_str) {
                 ret = -1;
                 goto out;