1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/parport/share.c b/drivers/parport/share.c
index a848e02e6be3..6a83ee1e9178 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/share.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/share.c
@@ -282,14 +282,13 @@ struct parport *parport_register_port(unsigned long base, int irq, int dma,
         int device;
         char *name;
 
-        tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct parport), GFP_KERNEL);
+        tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct parport), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!tmp) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "parport: memory squeeze\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
 
         /* Init our structure */
-        memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(struct parport));
         tmp->base = base;
         tmp->irq = irq;
         tmp->dma = dma;