1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c
index fe806dbc1914..f411c5c80410 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -3168,14 +3168,13 @@ static int __devinit skge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 #endif
 
         err = -ENOMEM;
-        hw = kmalloc(sizeof(*hw), GFP_KERNEL);
+        hw = kzalloc(sizeof(*hw), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!hw) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: cannot allocate hardware struct\n",
                        pci_name(pdev));
                 goto err_out_free_regions;
         }
 
-        memset(hw, 0, sizeof(*hw));
         hw->pdev = pdev;
         spin_lock_init(&hw->phy_lock);
         tasklet_init(&hw->ext_tasklet, skge_extirq, (unsigned long) hw);