1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
index b02c4ffa4db0..0a9a774a7e1e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
@@ -1642,13 +1642,12 @@ static int sata_dwc_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
         const struct ata_port_info *ppi[] = { &pi, NULL };
 
         /* Allocate DWC SATA device */
-        hsdev = kmalloc(sizeof(*hsdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+        hsdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*hsdev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (hsdev == NULL) {
                 dev_err(&ofdev->dev, "kmalloc failed for hsdev\n");
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto error;
         }
-        memset(hsdev, 0, sizeof(*hsdev));
 
         /* Ioremap SATA registers */
         base = of_iomap(ofdev->dev.of_node, 0);