1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index b623c599e572..8bd1bb6dbe47 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -523,13 +523,11 @@ static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *work)
         struct efivar_entry *entry;
         int err;
 
-        entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!entry)
-                return;
-
         /* Add new sysfs entries */
         while (1) {
-                memset(entry, 0, sizeof(*entry));
+                entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+                if (!entry)
+                        return;
 
                 err = efivar_init(efivar_update_sysfs_entry, entry,
                                   true, false, &efivar_sysfs_list);