diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq/tag_set.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq/tag_set.rs
index c3cf56d52bee..dae9df408a86 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/block/mq/tag_set.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq/tag_set.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ impl<T: Operations> TagSet<T> {
         num_tags: u32,
         num_maps: u32,
     ) -> impl PinInit<Self, error::Error> {
-        // SAFETY: `blk_mq_tag_set` only contains integers and pointers, which
-        // all are allowed to be 0.
-        let tag_set: bindings::blk_mq_tag_set = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
+        let tag_set: bindings::blk_mq_tag_set = pin_init::zeroed();
         let tag_set: Result<_> = core::mem::size_of::<RequestDataWrapper>()
             .try_into()
             .map(|cmd_size| {