diff --git a/src/gopher.c b/src/gopher.c
index 4c3cd46..c39b264 100644
--- a/src/gopher.c
+++ b/src/gopher.c
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ int reqgen_gopher(const char *path, char **nbuf)
 
   buflen = (strlen(REQ_GOPH) + strlen(path) + 1);
 
-  if( !(*nbuf = malloc(buflen)))
-    {
-    return(ERRMEM);
-    }
-  memset(*nbuf, 0, buflen);
+  if( !(*nbuf = calloc(buflen, sizeof(char))))
+      {
+      return(ERRMEM);
+      }
 
   sprintf(*nbuf, REQ_GOPH, path);
 
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index aa20975..831a22a 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ int reqgen_http(const char *path, const char *fqdn, char **nbuf)
 
   buflen = (strlen(REQ_HTTP) + strlen(path) + strlen(fqdn) + 1);
 
-  if( !(*nbuf = malloc(buflen)))
-    {
-    return(ERRMEM);
-    }
-  memset(*nbuf, 0, buflen);
+  if( !(*nbuf = calloc(buflen, sizeof(char))))
+      {
+      return(ERRMEM);
+      }
 
   sprintf(*nbuf, REQ_HTTP, path, fqdn);