1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index f2a61ef2af9c..a4a620971ef0 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1737,8 +1737,9 @@ static int dn_rt_cache_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         struct seq_file *seq;
         int rc = -ENOMEM;
-        struct dn_rt_cache_iter_state *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct dn_rt_cache_iter_state *s;
 
+        s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!s)
                 goto out;
         rc = seq_open(file, &dn_rt_cache_seq_ops);
@@ -1746,7 +1747,6 @@ static int dn_rt_cache_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 goto out_kfree;
         seq             = file->private_data;
         seq->private    = s;
-        memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
 out:
         return rc;
 out_kfree: