1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 5edcc3f92ba7..0872afa58d39 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -166,12 +166,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations = {
 
 static struct vmcore* __init get_new_element(void)
 {
-        struct vmcore *p;
-
-        p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (p)
-                memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
-        return p;
+        return kzalloc(sizeof(struct vmcore), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf64(char *elfptr)