1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c b/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
index 047d0a408b9d..43dd41be71fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
@@ -620,12 +620,10 @@ ecard_probe(int slot, card_type_t type)
         struct ex_ecid cid;
         int i, rc = -ENOMEM;
 
-        ec = kmalloc(sizeof(ecard_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        ec = kzalloc(sizeof(ecard_t), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!ec)
                 goto nomem;
 
-        memset(ec, 0, sizeof(ecard_t));
-
         ec->slot_no     = slot;
         ec->type        = type;
         ec->irq         = NO_IRQ;