1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
index e88947f8fe53..0d2b27735419 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
@@ -328,12 +328,11 @@ static int __devinit mpcore_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
                 goto err_out;
         }
 
-        wdt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mpcore_wdt), GFP_KERNEL);
+        wdt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mpcore_wdt), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!wdt) {
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
                 goto err_out;
         }
-        memset(wdt, 0, sizeof(struct mpcore_wdt));
 
         wdt->dev = &dev->dev;
         wdt->irq = platform_get_irq(dev, 0);