diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/audio_utils_aio.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/audio_utils_aio.c
index 7238fccd32c..b8a39dded74 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/audio_utils_aio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/audio_utils_aio.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static long audio_aio_process_event_req(struct q6audio_aio *audio,
 	struct audio_aio_event *drv_evt = NULL;
 	int timeout;
 	unsigned long flags;
-
+	memset(&usr_evt, 0, sizeof(struct msm_audio_event));
 	if (copy_from_user(&usr_evt, arg, sizeof(struct msm_audio_event)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -610,8 +610,12 @@ static long audio_aio_process_event_req(struct q6audio_aio *audio,
 		rc = wait_event_interruptible(audio->event_wait,
 		audio_aio_events_pending(audio));
 	}
-	if (rc < 0)
+
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("%s: audio process event failed, rc = %ld",
+			__func__, rc);
 		return rc;
+	}
 
 	if (audio->event_abort) {
 		audio->event_abort = 0;