1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/common/scoop.c b/arch/arm/common/scoop.c
index a2dfe0b0f1ec..5e830f444c6c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/scoop.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/scoop.c
@@ -132,12 +132,10 @@ int __init scoop_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         if (!mem)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        devptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scoop_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-
+        devptr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scoop_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!devptr)
-                return  -ENOMEM;
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memset(devptr, 0, sizeof(struct scoop_dev));
         spin_lock_init(&devptr->scoop_lock);
 
         inf = pdev->dev.platform_data;