diff --git a/components/protocomm/src/simple_ble/simple_ble.c b/components/protocomm/src/simple_ble/simple_ble.c
index d7a2977632..17ea1f9d25 100644
--- a/components/protocomm/src/simple_ble/simple_ble.c
+++ b/components/protocomm/src/simple_ble/simple_ble.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void gatts_profile_event_handler(esp_gatts_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_
 
 simple_ble_cfg_t *simple_ble_init(void)
 {
-    simple_ble_cfg_t *ble_cfg_p = (simple_ble_cfg_t *) malloc(sizeof(simple_ble_cfg_t));
+    simple_ble_cfg_t *ble_cfg_p = (simple_ble_cfg_t *) calloc(1, sizeof(simple_ble_cfg_t));
     if (ble_cfg_p == NULL) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "No memory for simple_ble_cfg_t");
         return NULL;