1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 7433e07de30e..471bb0d42eb0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -435,12 +435,11 @@ static int idedisk_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
         if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH))
                 return BLKPREP_OK;
 
-        cmd = kmalloc(sizeof(*cmd), GFP_ATOMIC);
+        cmd = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmd), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
         /* FIXME: map struct ide_taskfile on rq->cmd[] */
         BUG_ON(cmd == NULL);
 
-        memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
         if (ata_id_flush_ext_enabled(drive->id) &&
             (drive->capacity64 >= (1UL << 28)))
                 cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_FLUSH_EXT;