diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 95cd6447f..599b9c399 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2021-04-22  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
+
+	[gxvalid,otvalid] s/FT_ALLOC/FT_QALLOC/ for initialized buffers.
+
+	* src/gxvalid/gxvmod.c (gxv_load_table): Do not zero out the buffer.
+	* src/otvalid/otvmod.c (otv_load_table): Ditto.
+
 2021-04-22  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
 
 	[psaux] s/FT_ALLOC/FT_QALLOC/ for initialized buffers.
diff --git a/src/gxvalid/gxvmod.c b/src/gxvalid/gxvmod.c
index 3f0f1053c..ad6dfb075 100644
--- a/src/gxvalid/gxvmod.c
+++ b/src/gxvalid/gxvmod.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     if ( error )
       goto Exit;
 
-    if ( FT_ALLOC( *table, *table_len ) )
+    if ( FT_QALLOC( *table, *table_len ) )
       goto Exit;
 
     error = FT_Load_Sfnt_Table( face, tag, 0, *table, table_len );
diff --git a/src/otvalid/otvmod.c b/src/otvalid/otvmod.c
index 69159e83b..f76ac62fe 100644
--- a/src/otvalid/otvmod.c
+++ b/src/otvalid/otvmod.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     if ( error )
       goto Exit;
 
-    if ( FT_ALLOC( *table, *table_len ) )
+    if ( FT_QALLOC( *table, *table_len ) )
       goto Exit;
 
     error = FT_Load_Sfnt_Table( face, tag, 0, *table, table_len );