diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d306c51fa0..ae9d4e2e14 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 Adam Fedor <adam.fedor@gmail.com>
 Akshay Shah <meetakshay99@gmail.com>
+Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
 Alexander Brauckmann <a.brauckmann@gmail.com>
 Alexandre Gouaillard <agouaillard@gmail.com>
 Andrew MacDonald <andrew@webrtc.org>
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/aecm/aecm_core.cc b/modules/audio_processing/aecm/aecm_core.cc
index 09c55be81a..78c013323a 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/aecm/aecm_core.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/aecm/aecm_core.cc
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ StoreAdaptiveChannel WebRtcAecm_StoreAdaptiveChannel;
 ResetAdaptiveChannel WebRtcAecm_ResetAdaptiveChannel;
 
 AecmCore* WebRtcAecm_CreateCore() {
-  AecmCore* aecm = static_cast<AecmCore*>(malloc(sizeof(AecmCore)));
+  // Allocate zero-filled memory.
+  AecmCore* aecm = static_cast<AecmCore*>(calloc(1, sizeof(AecmCore)));
 
   aecm->farFrameBuf =
       WebRtc_CreateBuffer(FRAME_LEN + PART_LEN, sizeof(int16_t));
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/aecm/echo_control_mobile.cc b/modules/audio_processing/aecm/echo_control_mobile.cc
index 506c7930df..14522c0f1d 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/aecm/echo_control_mobile.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/aecm/echo_control_mobile.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static int WebRtcAecm_EstBufDelay(AecMobile* aecm, short msInSndCardBuf);
 static int WebRtcAecm_DelayComp(AecMobile* aecm);
 
 void* WebRtcAecm_Create() {
-  AecMobile* aecm = static_cast<AecMobile*>(malloc(sizeof(AecMobile)));
+  // Allocate zero-filled memory.
+  AecMobile* aecm = static_cast<AecMobile*>(calloc(1, sizeof(AecMobile)));
 
   aecm->aecmCore = WebRtcAecm_CreateCore();
   if (!aecm->aecmCore) {
@@ -103,8 +104,6 @@ void* WebRtcAecm_Create() {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  aecm->initFlag = 0;
-
 #ifdef AEC_DEBUG
   aecm->aecmCore->farFile = fopen("aecFar.pcm", "wb");
   aecm->aecmCore->nearFile = fopen("aecNear.pcm", "wb");